>
>Peter Tribble wrote:
>> Of course it is. Dependencies aren't really anything more than hints
>
>NO, they are not. They are corner stones on which the whole building is
>built. They have to live up to standards and a user (the inhabitant of the
>house) may not alter the specs because he/she sees fit. That's not done in
>the normal world and also not done in a pkg system. The whole pkg system
>needs dependancies! We have to guard the QUALITY (and maybe quantity) of
>them but not overrule them as we see fit.


I don't think that is actually correct at this time; when packages are
large and you want a package for feature "A" but it's feature "B"
which requires a particular dependency, then requiring a particular
dependency is wrong.

Casper


Reply via email to