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Bug#418123: shoult not depend on xutils-dev



On Saturday 07 April 2007 17:46, Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org> 
wrote:
> > xutils should not depend on xutils-dev.
>
> I think it should, to ensure a smooth transition from sarge to etch.
> xutils-dev did not exist in sarge. xutils used to contain all what's in
> both xutils and xutils-dev now.

In that case it should have been handled by a compatibility package.  A fresh 
Etch install shouldn't have xutils-dev and cpp installed because of this.

> > Also xutils-dev should probably depend on xutils.
>
> Why?

It's what most packages do.  Generally you don't want to develop something 
unless you can also use it.



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