----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Runtime only prerequisites? Essentially. Complex build time would be a concern, but not as much of one (depending on the reputation of the packager). (i.e. long time contributor, low risk. New contributor, might package and run :}). > e.g. in rpm-4 there are db sources included in the source package which > are statically linked in. > > I think this is really obvious. If I want to include a package which > needs a dynamic version of db and the people are not able to fetch an > official port then I will go on and build this needed db too. Build and contribute as a package I presume? Yes, in fact that is the intent - to make it obvious that such will be *expected* if someone wants to contribute a package. > But to avoid discussions it should be mentioned at the guidelines. Exactly. Rob
