"Matt Seitz (matseitz)" >"Christopher Faylor" wrote: > >> In the meantime, if people are piling on to suggest this because they >> think it will cause someone to add xinit as a dependency to something >> please be assured that this will not happen. > > OK, what would cause someone to add xinit as a dependency to something?
One reason I keep asking this question is that I don't understand the rationale against adding xinit. I love that Setup will automatically install the dependencies I need to actually use a package. Setup failing to install a dependency that most users will want seems like a step backwards. So I am trying to understand the rationale behind this position. One of the frustrations I used to have with Linux was repeated cycles of "Package A needs package B, install B, Package B needs Package C, install C, Package C needs Package D, etc." I like that modern package managers, like Cygwin Setup or Yum make it much easier by letting me just say "I want Package A", and the tool automatically installs all the dependencies for me. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple