>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Cheney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Chris> Technically nothing really needs to depend on
Chris> xlibs-static-pic at runtime, but at the same time anything
Chris> that builds against anything it provides must Build-Depend
Chris> on it otherwise they won't work on hardly any of the archs
Chris> in Debian. Making libarts1-dev extra isn't really a good
Chris> idea but not depending on xlibs-static-pic means that all
Chris> KDE sources will have to add explicit build depends on
Chris> xlibs-static-pic. Perhaps just changing xlibs-static-pic to
Chris> optional would be the best solution?
If you can get Branden to go along, then go ahead. However, I don't
understand the downside of changing the priority of libarts-dev. The
policy section I quoted explicitly permits Build-Depends against lower
priority packages. What concerns you about haing libarts-dev be
Priority: extra?
--
Stephen
"It's like crazy gluing your nostrils shut to quit cocaine"
-- Bill Mahl, on stomach stapling as a weight control method
