On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 09:17:35PM +0200, Rene Mayrhofer wrote: > What about dividing packages like isdnutils into parts with non-X and X tools ? This is explicitly in violation of policy 5.8: : Some programs can be configured with or without support for the X Window : System. Typically, binaries produced with support for X will need the X : shared libraries to run. : : Such programs should be configured with X support, and should declare a : dependency on xlib6g (which contains X shared libraries). Users who wish to : use the program can install just the relatively small xfree86-common and : xlib6g packages, and do not need to install the whole of X. : : Do not create two versions (one with X support and one without) of your : package. If you don't like this policy, don't blame me. I didn't write it and when I proposed a revision that would have liberalized the situation, I was shot down. -- G. Branden Robinson | When I die I want to go peacefully in Debian GNU/Linux | my sleep like my ol' Grand Dad...not branden@ecn.purdue.edu | screaming in terror like his passengers. roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |
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