Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 12:33:38AM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: >> That would require certain parts of d-i (and hence certain parts of >> main) to rely upon the contents of contrib. We can't do that. > > No, I believe that would create a Suggests-style relationship, not > a Depends, since d-i would still work without it (for many people). > Packages in main can Suggest packages not in main.
d-i is modular. The module that provided that functionality would be likely to do little of any use without the presence of contrib. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
