I demand that Gabor Gombas may or may not have written... [snip] > So I propose a different solution, which is not perfect, but is better than > the current situation:
> - -dev packages should only Depend: on other -dev packages neccessary > for shared linking > - -dev packages should Recommend: any other -dev packages that are > neccessary for static linking > - Make pkg-config mandatory. pkg-config can already handle the case that > different libraries are needed for static and shared linking. I can see potential problems with that last part regarding upstream developers whose software happens to depend on packages for which pkg-config support remains Debian-specific because upstream doesn't accept the patch. It's possible that the Debian-specific nature of this support may simply not be noticed until bug reports start coming in from users of other distributions... [snip] -- | Darren Salt | nr. Ashington, | linux (or ds) at | sarge, | Northumberland | youmustbejoking | RISC OS | Toon Army | demon co uk | Retrocomputing: a PC card in a Risc PC Would it help if I got out and pushed? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
