Max schrieb: > Gerrit P. Haase wrote: >> Hallo Max, >> >> Am Freitag, 25. Juni 2004 um 15:58 schriebst du: >> >>> libxml2 is marked as depending on python. >> >>> However, it is perfectly possible to use the libxml2 dll from C code >>> without python. >> >>> Yes, the libxml2 package does also include some python stuff, but >>> it shouldn't force python to be installed.
>> We should have a global rule for those issues. It would be perfect >> if I could remove those kind of dependencies, e.g. it would be >> possible to include plugins for programs that are not available via >> the cygwin mirrors, i.e. I think of perl modules like e.g DBD::MySql >> or DBD::Oracle (which would be nice to have). > I don't understand what you are talking about? > I'm not talking about any dependencies not on the cygwin mirrors - > all I'm saying is that libxml2 does not depend on python, but > currently lists python in its "requires:" line, which should therefore > be removed. It lists python as dependencies because there are binaries included which require python. Maybe a better solution would be to put the python module into a separate package instead of simply dropping the dependecy? Gerrit -- =^..^=