* Loïc Minier ([email protected]) [101221 21:14]: > 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.
That's why I suggested to always put Bootstrap: yes within the packages control file. It still might not be a good idea. Andi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
