[bjb@deus.net: Re: Splitting netsaint-plugins into many packages?]
[sigh] I must remember to CC the list...
----- Forwarded message from Ben Bell <bjb@deus.net> -----
> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:51:40 +0100
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 08:28:09AM -0700, Philippe Troin wrote:
> > > What about leaving them in one package that Suggests the other
> [..]
> > Nah, if I install netsaint (or whatever), everything should work. I
> > should not go around and look, uh, it's a SNMP plugin, it does not
> > work, maybe I should install libsnmp.
> I considered in the beginning and thought better of it. But maybe I could
> make debconf display a message? I'm still not very happy with it though. I
> think the the way apt just solves all your problems is one of the best
> things in Debian, so deliberately breaking it for netsaint seems perverse ;)
>
> > Maybe split out the plugins which have outrageous dependencies... If
> > it's only three plugins which have extra library requirements:
>
> That's the suggestion on the board at the moment. Sorry if it wasn't clear.
>
> It would probably be:
>
> netsaint-plugins Most plugins
> netsaint-plugins-extra Dummy package bringing in:
> netsaint-plugins-ldap
> netsaint-plugins-snmp
> netsaint-plugins-mysql
> netsaint-plugins-pgsql
> netsaint-plugins-radius
> netsaint-plugins-fping
> netsaint-plugins-game
>
> Anyhow... it seems like I can remove my flame-proof monitor guard -- no-one's
> sentenced to me to death for package bloat so I guess it will probably
> go ahead sometime soonish.
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