On Tue, Dec 21, 2010, Andreas Barth wrote: > If it breaks, then yes. But what if the rdeps work, but perhaps with > limited functionality for the user interface only? (Which means that > any packages build-depending on it won't have any limitation.) > > I think it would be ok to accept such limitations - but YMMV. > > (Changing package names makes it harder for maintainers of such > packages then just to say to configure "if there is no readline, > build without")
I'm not sure it's a good idea to allow building intermediate stages/packages with incomplete functionality with the same name as the fully functional one: they become undistinguishable for e.g. archive management software or end-users. -- Loïc Minier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
