Warren Baird wrote: > Seems to me like the wind is blowing in the other direction, at least > on this mailing list...
yes it is, I didn't mean to imply otherwise. more that the architects has seem pretty set on this idea. > For commercial dependencies it might make > sense to include everything in one package, just to simplify pricing > and distribution. But for open-source dependancies I really don't > think it makes sense to disallow non-meego dependancies... > > Take a look at any modern linux distro. How many packages are there > that depend on other 3rd party libraries and tools? It's going to > make the open-source developers life a lot more complicated if they > have to bundle *everything* in their package - not to mention the > wasted disk space, which can be at a premium on a handset... I think if there's something used widely enough there's a space wastage issue by it not being "shared" then there's a case it belongs in the core after all. _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list MeeGo-dev@meego.com http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
