On Feb 13, 2008 10:00 PM, Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Richard Hartmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No, there are no broken Depends. There are broken dependencies, but > Depends is not the right level in nearly all cases; rather Suggests or > Recommends. That is because it is always only a *part* of a texlive > package which needs an other package. Well, if I can not use package A correctly because package B is missing, that is what I would see as broken Depend. I know what you mean, but I disagree that a Suggest or Recommend is suffucient. It is not time critical of course, so collecting information is good. > - wouldn't be a service to our users. Those who know which CTAN package > they need for their work don't really need Debian packages. Same as with CPAN, I prefer Debian packages over doing it myself. > Meta-packages like, say, "texlive-latex-recommended"? Then we're back > to were we started from. Not quite, as the large meta-package could use the atomic packages to satisfy all its Depends. There could even be different use-case oriented packages that pick subsets. Your arguments against single packages make this idea moot, though. I hope you will be able to find a good resolution :) Thanks for your effort :) RIchard
