On Thu, Dec 8, 2005 at 13:23:39 +0000, Tom Parker wrote: > Package: xbase-clients > Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 > Severity: normal > > xbase-clients relies on the entire xlibs package as opposed to only > relying on a subset of the split out x libraries > Please read the package description: “xkbcomp uses the XKEYBOARD (XKB) extension configuration data provided by the xlibs package.”
So xbase-clients does indeed depend on data contained in the xlibs package. I agree that the xkb data could be split in a separate package, and/or that xbase-clients could be split in smaller bits, but right now this dependency is necessary. Cheers, Julien Cristau