On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 04:12:13PM +0100, A J Stiles wrote: > Or even better, just put the "-dev" files in the main library package already. > > The time when separate -dev packages were a good idea has been and gone a > long > while since; nowadays, they are doing more harm than good.
Those of us making embedded devices would very much like to disagree. Also having the ability to install multiple versions of a library, but only one set of development headers has been a great feature in Debian for many years. So again, bad idea. The -dev packages are not about saving disk space at all. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
