+Jan wrote: > I do have a question directed to the maintainers. I know a lot > of the packages have three types of dependencies listed: Required, > Recommended and Optional. Are all of these conditions expected to be > tested to consider it stable? I would imagine that the Required and > Recommended are, but the Optional is just listed for reader > convenience under the assumption that they have never worked with the > package before.
The required dependencies are those where the editor determines that the package will not build without them. The recommended dependencies are a personal opinion of the editor that the package needs to be useful, but is not, strictly speaking, essential. There is a difference of opinion whether a recommended section should exist at all. The optional dependencies are those that the editor has determined can be used by the package, usually by examining the ./configure output or documentation from different sources. Many times the editor has not built the optional dependencies at all, especially if that package is not already in BLFS. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
