Re: Bug#88307: Netbase needs to not depend on not-necessarily-needed packages.
>>>>> "Sam" == Sam TH <sam@uchicago.edu> writes:
Sam> In the pre/postinst, this is a bad idea, for all the reasons
Sam> you describe. But "dynamic dependencies" which change based
Sam> on your current configuration, are a really good idea. This
Sam> subject came up in the discussion of dpkg-dev-el a little
Sam> while back.
Sam> Imagine if we had, for dpkg-dev Reccomends: (dpkg-dev-el IF
Sam> emacs-common)
Sam> or some similar synatax. This allows dpkg/apt to calculate
Sam> the dependencies, but still allows for the kind of
Sam> flexibility you need. For the kernel, too many people don't
Sam> use make-kpkg for this to work. But for other packages, it
Sam> could provide a real benifit.
I am still not convinced (no real reason), but agree that would be
much better.
(sidenote: although apt-get doesn't look at recommends, or has this
changed now?)
--
Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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