Re: circular depends: problem
On Sun, 19 Jul 1998, Shaleh wrote:
> Sorry, I replied to Joey only the first time. Yes E's themes are part
> of E and GPL'ed (as much as a few pix and wav's can be GPL). What I
> meant was copying the copyright file everywhere seemed pointless. I
> made an enlightenment-docs which both the main package and e-theme
> uses. All is happy.
I would make a general point about circular dependencies. If a) really
depends on b), and b) really depends on a), then they can only be
installed together, right? In which case, I see little value in having
them as separate packages.
This doesn't invalidate Manoj's (I think, sorry if I mis-attribute)
argument that a separate doc package is good for people who want to find
out about it without downloading the whole she-bang. But if E and e-theme
are truly inter-dependent, I see no value in separating them.
I suspect that the correct solution is for E to Recommend: e-theme, which
is a virtual package, and e-default-theme to Provide: e-theme and Depend:
E. Then e-funky-theme (written by a.n.other person) will also Provide
e-theme.
Jules
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