Hi Marga,
I can see both viewpoints. Perhaps you can help us solve this:
The issue is whether to depend on libgd-gd2-perl or to recommend
libgd-gd2-perl.
The examples included with the package require libgd-gd2-perl, but as
Martín indicates, perhaps someone finds a use for libd-barcode-perl
without using "plot".
And if we only recommend libgd-gd2-perl, then should other packages
needing libd-barcode-perl and using "plot" implement the libgd-gd2-perl
Depends?
Thanks for your help,
Dave.
On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 12:10:11AM -0300, Martín Ferrari wrote:
> Hi again!
>
> On 3/7/06, David Everly <deckrider@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 3/7/06, David Everly <deckrider@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 3/6/06, Martín Ferrari <martin.ferrari@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > One thing more: why you added the gd dependency? It is not true that
> > > > you can go without it? (as upstream says)
> >
> > It seemed to me that libgd-barcode-perl wouldn't be very useful
> > without plot, so I thought it would be good to require libgd-gd2-perl
> > so that everything in libgd-barcode-perl would always work.
> >
> > I assume an alternative to this would be to require packages needing
> > to use plot to know that libgd-barcode-perl depends on
> > libgd-gd2-perl in order for plot to be functional. Are you suggesting
> > this? Or somehow having a "hollow" libgd-barcode-with-plot-perl
> > package to manage that issue?
> >
>
> I haven't really tried to see if it works OK, but using it without GD
> would have a lot of sense if you want to produce your own image, but
> you need the black/white pattern specific to each standard. I never
> needed to do that, but upstream says it is there...
>
> As you say, packages needing to generate an barcode image, would have
> to require also libgd, and it is not obvious. May be you should say it
> explicitly, and put a recommends line for libgd. I don't really think
> the "hollow" package is a good idea, for such an small and simple
> library.
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