Guillem Jover <[email protected]> wrote: > A way to fix this would require coordination with frontend developers, > either for a centralized database of remote repositories or for > frontend specific modules or a unified command-line format, etc, in > any case a discussion I've queued and pending for after wheezy is out.
There is a request for apt-get install to support the depends format directly. I do not think that either approach is sensible. <http://bugs.debian.org/525189> As you pointed out already, the task of ensuring build dependencies are installed is solved with a small, third party tool (mk-build-deps, or similar). That has been far less effort and is more flexible than anything which could be done within dpkg or apt directly. Although this part: > a centralized database of remote repositories is perhaps useful *for other reasons*. Just 2c to have this +wontfix and keep core packages clean and sensible. Regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
