Re: Good news on claws-mail
Mark Carroll <mtbc@ixod.org> writes:
> Peter Nieman <gmane-acct@t-online.de> writes:
>
>> As mentioned already in another posting, I think the best, if not the
>> only solution for Debian would be to split the whole thing in two, one
>> for desktop environment users and one for users who do not want a
>> desktop environment. Packages that only work in a desktop environment
>> should only go into the DE repository, while programs that work both
>> within or without a DE should exist in two versions, the non-DE version
>> being compiled in such a way that no dependency on any DE component or
>> library exists.
>
> Perhaps no need to split into different repositories, just have
> different packages. For instance, we already have several packages with
> a '-nox' suffix to their name, which I've greatly appreciated.
That could bring about dependency problems, like when you install the
desktop version of emacs on a hybrid distribution, you'll probably pull
in lots of the stuff you don't want just because you want to use emacs
and fvwm.
At least there'd have to be some flag added which generally tells the
package management whether you want the non-desktop or the desktop
versions and dependencies.
In the end, you'll probably want to compile everything yourself anyway
because it's the most versatile way.
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