Subject: mtools: please put X related stuff in another package Package: mtools Severity: normal
On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 10:16:20AM -0500, Brian Servis wrote: > >> > How comes mtools depend on xlib6g? I don't use X, and thus I consider it > >> > very stupid to have both xlib6g & xfree86-common installed, but I have to > >> > if I want mtools installed... > >> > >> If something supports X it should be compiled with X. This means exactly > >> two packages (xlib6g and xfree86-common) are also required, but they're > >> reasonably smallish and anything which supports X is going to require > >> them anyway, not just mtools. > > > > Better to fork off another package, which would include X support, and > > leave the original package X-free. > > What about the [x]emacs packages. I would hate to see forks of all > those things on the mirrors. Maybe a Suggests or Recommends would be > better than a Depends. Correction: mtools in slink does *not* depend on anything but libc6, so there is still time to do it, cleanly. Maintainer, please do it. -- enJoy -*/\*- don't even try to pronounce my first name