RE: Section/Depend question
>
> * Section:
> In what section should I put it... it's is a client for diverse use... it
> can connect to MOOs, all kinds of MUDs and maybe you can find another use
> for it :) So I think it should be in Net, but it could also go into X11 or,
> like TinyFugue (package 'tf'), in Games (which I have always considered
> weird since I saw it was in there...)? And where should I put the binary, the
> default is /usr/bin (Makefile had /usr/local PREFIX),
> but /usr/X11R6/bin could also be right (when to choose what is not clear to
> me).
>
Net sounds right. X11 is mainly being used for core X items -- wm's, terms,
etc.
> * Depends
> gmoo has support for gettext, gnome ZVT, PERL and TCL scripts... I have all
> those -dev packages installed and I guess when I'll make the package, gmoo
> will depend on all of them, but that doesn't have to be! If I put a suggest
> on TCL, and someone doesn't have it... what will happen??
>
if the binary links with a lib, it must be in the depends. Either provide one
bloated package, or several with differing depends i.e. gmoo-gnome and gmoo.
Kinda like vim or xchat.
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