Hamish Moffatt schrieb: > True, but what would be the harm in depending on bzip2? Given that
Well, i don't see a harm caused by that. But IMHO it is just a question of how to read the policy, as it states the (spongelike) sentence: "The Depends field should be used if the depended-on package is required for the depending package to provide a significant amount of functionality." What does significant amount mean? Absolutely sure is, that Depends should only be used if the depended thing is *required*, but what for? If you consider unpacking module source tarballs as significant amount of functionality, then one *needs* to depend on bzip2. But thats not sure, because not every source tarball is distributed as a bzip2 tarball. > module-assistant installs build-essential it doesn't seem like space is > an important consideration. When i read this sentence I had an idea of what would eventually be better. module-assistant is installing build-essential, you said. Why shouldn't it install bzip2 on demand? It would make sense, wouldn't it? Regards, Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
