Thorsten Frueauf wrote: > Hi Nick, Lucia et al, > > lucia lai wrote: >> Nicholas Solter wrote: >>> General: >>> >>> I wonder if we should merge the depend_static and depend_auto files >>> for each package. >> I think at some point Thorsten mentioned to keep both depend_auto and >> depend_static. We can talk about this when Thorsten is back. > > Yes, I see advantage in having those two separate files per package. > > depend_static contains dependencies that we found out by "higher > knowledge" - ie. it is not possible (yet?) to gain those in an automated > fashion. > > depend_auto contains dependencies that could be determined by a script. > > In regard of the re-factoring work that OpenSolaris is currently doing, > I think we need to revisit those dependencies again prior any release. > > Having them separated makes it easier to update and maintain. The fully > automated ones can get complete substituted, while the manual ones need > "higher knowledge" again. > > This my vote is against merging into one file. >
Thorsten, That's a reasonable argument for keeping them separate. I'm fine with that. Thanks, Nick
