Re: Meta package for a useful GNOME desktop
On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 03:47:15PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-06-10 at 15:04, Julien Portalier wrote:
>
> > gnome(2)-libs
> > gnome(2)-desktop
>
> Why would we want -libs? I think most users will just want to install
> GNOME (i.e. the libraries and applications).
>
> > gnome(2)-dev
>
> Debian has the concept of Build-Depends, so I don't think we really need
> this package.
I expect that "-dev" is intended for someone who is asking the question
"what packages do I need to start programming GNOME/Gtk applications?"
This person wouldn't necessarily be building Debian packages.
In the case of "-libs", I agree with you: the Debian package
dependencies will take care of it.
-S
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