On 4/3/12 6:23 PM, Charles Lepple wrote:
> On Mar 29, 2012, at 5:27 AM, Max Horn wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>> a small clarification:
>>
>>
>> Am 28.03.2012 um 17:46 schrieb Max Horn:
>>
>>> Dear package authors,
>>>
>>> I would like to suggest the following to all package authors using
>>>
>>> Depends: fink-obsolete-packages
>>>
>>> in an obsolete splitoff in one of their packages: Namely, please switch to 
>>> using
>>>
>>> Depends: fink (>= 0.32)
>>> RuntimeDepends: fink-obsolete-packages
>> This should be
>>   BuildDepends: fink (>= 0.32)
>>   RuntimeDepends: fink-obsolete-packages
>
> Max,
>
> Does this apply for splitoffs only, or for standalone info files as well?
>
> Example: Buildbot split into master and slave packages upstream. There is a 
> buildbot-py.info that depends on fink-obsolete-packages and the two new 
> separate .info files.
>
> Or is this for *all* "Depends: fink-obsolete-packages" such that someone 
> could do a full tree build and not pick up fink-obsolete-packages?
>
I'm guessing it's primarily for Splitoffs.

The overall goal is to avoid having users install fink-obsolete-packages 
when the packages they're building aren't actually obsolete. :-)



-- 
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
http://finkakh.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/got-job/


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