Re: [RANT] [OT] Bloating dependencies instead of using recommends (was: Re: RFS: sqlkit)
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, Rogério Brito wrote:
> I am really annoyed with the current trend of packages dragging in a
> lot of dependencies on which the packages don't really "depend". The
> word "dependency" seems to has lost its meaning.
Please file bugs against these packages as appropriate, with
information as to why the package shouldn't be depended on.
Don Armstrong
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