Re: dropping dependencies for a package

[Carlo Segre <segre@iit.edu>]

Sounds like a good idea.  Thanks,

Carlo

On Sat, 30 Dec 2006, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote:

> Hi Carlo!
>
> On 12/30/06, Carlo Segre <segre@iit.edu> wrote:
> > If a new version of a package drops a dependency on a previously required
> > package, should an install-time reminder be given to the user?  I don't
> > really want to add debconf clutter for such a trivial matter but it is
> > probably not good to leave a potentially orphaned package around.
>
> I would use NEWS.Debian for this.
> Explain everything there. If the user has apt-listchanges installed,
> it will displays this file (also, it's a file that users are supposed
> to read).
>
> Best regards,
> Nelson

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