2007/8/25, Christoph Pfister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: <snip> > > > Most of the dependencies were turned into "Recommends:" beginning with > > > version 1.1.7-2. This renders the package unusable for almost > > > (possibly that there's exception; but I can't imagine any) every user > > > of the library; except for those people who install the recommended > > > packages by default. > > > > You can e.g. build frontends without the plugins. > > You can build them, yes. But if you don't have any of the recommended > packages installed you can do exactly one thing: querying the xine > version; every other action will fail / do nothing. Of course the > theoretical possibility of a frontend providing input, demuxer, > decoder and output plugin exists, but as there's no such frontend in > debian I don't consider this relevant. > > That's why imho the severity is perfectly justified: the policy states > that a package and the stuff it "Depends:" should provide a > significant amount of functionality; but as said above it isn't useful > unless you install recommended packages. <snip>
I have to take that back partly. It's possible to use some raw / very special formats (video: rgb, yuv, bitplane over fb; audio: gsm610, dvaudio, nsf, pcm over oss). Only "partly" because I don't consider that useful enough. Christoph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
