Re: "Defaults for satisfying dependencies - ordering" gone?
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 11:04:14PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > It's useless to have a virtual package that thousands of packages would have
> > to have a dependency on, it's too much work for too little gain. Cf.
> > essential packages.
>
> The comparison breaks down as there isn't an editor which is actually
> essential.
Yes, but _an_ editor is almost essential. Well, it's essential all right if
you consider that things like dircolors or nl are essential, but some people
will never use them (like there are people that will never use editors).
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