Bug#235939: tetex-bin: Please use libt1-5
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 12:53:58PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote:
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> schrieb:
>
> > Package: tetex-bin
> > Version: 2.0.2-8
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > Please use libt1-5 instead of the older t1lib1.
>
> (Possibly) stupid newbie-DD's question: The buildd's just take the first
> package if there are optional build-dependencies? So it would be
> sufficient to change
>
> .., t1lib-dev | libt1-dev (>= 5.0.0-3), ...
>
> to
>
> .., libt1-dev (>= 5.0.0-3) | t1lib-dev, ...
>
> in Build-Depends?
>...
AFAIK the buildds usually take the first choice offered if several
choices are available.
But if there's a choice, both choices are 100% allowed.
The build dependencies should define how the maintainer wants to get his
package built on unstable. Several choices are bad, since it might cause
problems if e.g. only a specific constellation of libraries causes
problems.
It there a good reason for this choice in the build dependencies?
(backports aren't a good reason since it's easy to change the build
dependencies when doing the backport)
> TIA, Frank
cu
Adrian
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