Ainsi parlait Jason Straight :
> On Friday 08 August 2003 20:25, Duncan wrote:
> > On Fri 08 Aug 2003 16:14, Greg Meyer posted as excerpted below:
> > > On Friday 08 August 2003 02:21 am, Laurent Montel wrote:
> > > > > kdebase requires kdm, meaning you can't install kde without
> > > > > kdm/mdkdm
> > > >
> > > > kdebase will require all the time kdm.
> > >
> > > Doesn't it make more sense for kdebase to require dm and have all of
> > > the kdm/gdm/xdm/mdkkdm provide dm? Especially if mdkkdm and
> > > kdebase-kdm are separate packages.
> >
> > Why require a dm at all? There are those of us who prefer booting init
> > 3, then starting kde from a console, avoiding the dm.
>
> For those of us who know that we also know we could force the removal. It's
> probably not a good idea for a newbie to not get a dm - and not requiring
> one would allow them to forget - or deselect one not knowing how important
> it would be to a new windows or mac convert.
RPM has only one level of dependencies, meant for mandatory requirements, as
opposed to DPKG who has two levels, mandatory and advised. No one should have
to resort to --nodeps for normal system administration, just to make things a
bit easier for newbies.
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