On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 06:42:32PM +0200, Buchan Milne wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Murray J. Root wrote: > > > The problem is not a broken KDE that requires patching. It is the > unnecessary > > addition of "requirements" that are not really "required". > > What? The sql devel libraries required by kdebase-devel (or > kdelibs-devel, cannot remember now)? Since Guillaume provided a patch to > Laurent, they have been split up, and you do not need the sql devel > libraries for whatever you used to need it for. > > This happened because someone stopped complaining and made the effort > ... It does not mean that things will not be done if you do not provide > a patch, or that they are guaranteed if you do, but doing the work for > someone else makes it much easier. > > > This has been a > > problem in Mandrake for a long time. That is why I said to quit > beating the > > horse - the Mandrake team disagrees with using "requires" the same way an > > English speaker uses it and it is quite clear that no amount of > messages to > > the list is going to get them to change it. > > So live with the bloat or force nodeps. > > Or quit beating the horse and start feeding it ...
In the case this thread started from, it was an MDK "addition" that caused the problem. Going behind MDK and fixing each case should not be needed - they shouldn't add them in the first place. galaxy theme is fine - but making the "requires" loop was unnecessary. When it was pointed out, the answer was "It works for me". Real inspiring response. -- Murray J. Root
