> On 07/06/2013 01:50 PM, john Culleton wrote: >> Linux means you never have to wait on someone else. > > Agreed. I'd be more likely to do that too if more developers would > include a list of dependencies, with maybe a comment about which ones > are new. One nice thing about package managers is the fact that you > never find yourself in dependency hell unless whoever built the > package > did something silly like leave one out (Yes, I've seen that > happen.[1]) > or specify version_number=N instead of version_number>=N.
There is a file in the source called BUILDING that lists the requirements. As for the >=, ask RMS I think, sensible, and allows the use of newer libraries. -- Owen
