> I chose to install xmms with yast sw (beta8) - apparently xmms depends on
> xmms-lib which is also installed. This is all very nice - except in earlier
> versions of SL you would be informed of dependencies before they're
> installed - enabling you to change your mind - or at least know what's
> going on before it's too late.
>
> Is this behaviour a bug or is it intended? - that dependencies are
> installed automatically without "consulting" the user beforehand.
>
> I prefer the old way. Though I'm aware that some users panic when yast asks
> them any questions whatsoever.
>
> Of course in the xmms case it's not important - but if I (or some other
> user) were to by accident install some GNOME-package and thus installaing
> 100s of megs of dependencies without warning it would be a problem.
>
> cb400f
>

+1, it's really scary if Gnome comes around for some packages cause ir takes 
(most of the time) hunderd(s) mb of space so I really want to change my mind 
then :P

Azerion

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