Goswin von Brederlow said: > "Stefan Alfredsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Hello! >> >> Goswin Brederlow said: >>> Cfv is completly functional in all aspects without a bittorrent client >>> and a strong dependency is not given imho. In fact I even feel a >>> Suggests would be wrong since such a client does in no way alter the >>> cfv functionality. >> >> >> | Suggests >> | This is used to declare that one package may be more useful with >> | one or more others. Using this field tells the packaging system >> | and the user that the listed packages are related to this one and >> | can perhaps enhance its usefulness, but that installing this one >> | without them is perfectly reasonable. >> >> Well, I would argue that installing a bittorrent client enhances cfv's >> usefulness, because it is then capable of verifying torrents. If a >> client >> is not installed, torrent checking is not possible by cfv. > > It forks off a bittorrent/bittornado to do the actual checking? Then I > agree with you. I thought the recommends was for creating torrent > files for further use with a client. My bad.
Just a clarification - bittorrent/bittornado are also written in python like cfv, so what cfv does is to import the files containing the checksumming routines, hence no forking (which would have been needed if either of the programs were compiled). Regards Stefan
