Hi, On Thu, Oct 26, 2006, Michael Biebl wrote: > > I'm not sure this is a good idea; it rather belong to some higher level > > meta package. Check libgnomevfs2-extra, it's pulled by > > gnome-desktop-environment. I'm not sure it's useful to Recommend it as > > well from libgnomevfs2-0. > I do not quite agree here. In the first place, package dependencies > should document the existing relationships between packages. > It also helps me as maintainer of gnome-mount to keep an overview over > who/what is actually using this package (say, I want to upgrade to a new > revision and test depended packages first for compatibility). Having a > meta-package depend on gnome-mount does not give me the necessary > information. It's of course fine, if the gnome-desktop-environment > *also* adds a Recommends on gnome-mount. > In the end, it's gnome-vfs, which uses gnome-mount, and not g-d-e.
Well, gnome-vfs works fine without gnome-mount, so gnome-vfs only uses it if it's installed. I could describe it as a Suggests, or you could add an Enhances on gnome-mount for gnome-vfs. But we both want that gnome-mount is installed on systems running GNOME, because it enhances the user experience, to it makes sense to list it in the gnome-desktop-environment meta package. > > In particular, note that the Depends of gnome-mount are *HUGE* > > (you might want to try --as-needed). The Depends of libgnomevfs2-extra > > are moderate in comparison. > Well, the old libtool/pkgconfig debacle. I'll see, how far I can get > with relibtoolizing first. Even if you lower the number of dependency, you're inevitably going to depend on UI libs, and I don't think it would be good for gnome-vfs to pull UI libs. Bye, -- Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
