On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 12:53:39PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 08:35:53AM +1100, Paul Hampson wrote: > > I've been splitting out ODBC support locally since the very beginning, > > but everytime I mooted it, Wichert Akkerman (amongst others, but he was > > at the time gatekeeper to the debian/ dir in CVS, if you're wondering > > why I keep invoking him) disagreed on the grounds of archive bloat, > > since rlm_sql_iodbc only pulls in the one package (libiodbc2). > And rlm_sql_mysql only pulls in libmysqlclient10, and rlm_krb5 only > pulls in libkrb53. :) These dependencies should be regarded with > parity. True. And I was too afraid of turning that discussion into "Why don't we unsplit mysql" to persue that path. Besides, just because the previous maintainer thought a certain package split was correct, doesn't absolve me of having to argue it through convincingly myself. > > I also promised that I would address _that_ once it was in the archive. > > :-) > > My personal inclination is to micro-packages, but I _like_ installing > > packages. :-) > I'm personally rather indifferent on the question. Embedded systems > developers and ftp masters are known to have stronger opinions. Which, if I have been following correctly, come into direct conflict... Or can do, depending on which FTP master you get. -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Paul "TBBle" Hampson, MCSE 6th year CompSci/Asian Studies student, ANU The Boss, Bubblesworth Pty Ltd (ABN: 51 095 284 361) Paul.Hampson@Anu.edu.au "No survivors? Then where do the stories come from I wonder?" -- Capt. Jack Sparrow, "Pirates of the Caribbean" This email is licensed to the recipient for non-commercial use, duplication and distribution. -----------------------------------------------------------
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