On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Bill Allombert wrote: > I am not sure we can realistically add a requirement higher than: > > A package should not link against copy of libraries packaged > separately by Debian.
Any needless code duplication is bad, be it in libraries, perl or python modules, or even things like documentation. I don't have a better suggestion for verbiage at this point, but packages should not be duplicating code that is present in other packages, especially when already established mechanisms are in place to utilize that code without duplication. [Actually having the code duplicated in the upstream source may not be so bad, but it definetly should not be used to build the binary package.] Of course, it's true that this would be a should directive; things that fail to meet it are buggy, but it's not an RC bug. Don Armstrong -- <Clint> why the hell does kernel-source-2.6.3 depend on xfree86-common? <infinity> It... Doesn't? <Clint> good point http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
