Re: SDL -> libarts -> libqt crazyness
On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 07:38:09PM -0700, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
> > I traced the dependency to libarts, which in turn
> > is a dependency for libsdl1.1. As outraged as I am
> > about having libqt2.2 installed now, I just think
> > it's crazy that a sound daemon lib like libarts should
> > depend on a GUI library like QT. After all libesd0
> > does not depend on GTK. If it uses some non-graphical
> > QT classes, then shouldn't that part of it be split out
> > like glib from GTK?
>
> instead of being outraged, you should have done like others did and filed
> a bug report...as it is a bug and was not done on purpose.
>
> since when is debian-devel == submit@bugs.debian.org?
Done. However cries of outrage are healthy and promote discussion
since I'm sure this is not the only case of package dependency clutter.
Igor
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