Re: inter libraries dependencies again

[jmarant@nerim.net (Jérôme Marant)]

Sven Luther <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> writes:

 
>>   Are you sure you're not talking about dependencies while
>>   I'm dealing with build-dependencies.
>
> Mmm, yes, ...
>
> But even dependencies can be a problem for build dependencies, since the
> autobuilders need to install dependent packages also.

...

> So, what does everyone think, should we aim at a new policy entry,
> saying that for build dependencies, we depend on the real package, and
> use a single versioned dependency (of the kind >= 3.06-1, >= 3.06-13,
>  >= 3.07-1) ?

I sounds good to me. And we keep on using virtual dependencies for
package dependencies so we cannot break installed packages.

Cheers,

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Jérôme Marant

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