Re: [aur-general] When to use optdepends

2020-05-14 Thread Markus Schaaf
Am 14.05.20 um 20:05 schrieb Eli Schwartz via aur-general: > but the name of the plugin implies it's intended to be used for a > specific type of command. If it's just a... general command > runner? It provides a toolbar and a bit of magic for *editing* latex files: inserting images, item lists,

Re: [aur-general] When to use optdepends

2020-05-14 Thread Eli Schwartz via aur-general
On 5/14/20 1:53 PM, Markus Schaaf wrote: > Am 12.05.20 um 17:53 schrieb Eli Schwartz via aur-general: > >> I'd generally expect an optdepends for something which the program >> has a built-in ability to use simply by installing the optdepends. > > I'm sorry, but since you came up with the (IMO

Re: [aur-general] When to use optdepends

2020-05-14 Thread Markus Schaaf
Am 12.05.20 um 17:53 schrieb Eli Schwartz via aur-general: > I'd generally expect an optdepends for something which the program > has a built-in ability to use simply by installing the optdepends. I'm sorry, but since you came up with the (IMO too clever by half) suggestion to add optdepends, I

Re: [aur-general] When to use optdepends (was: AUR package q -- newbie)

2020-05-12 Thread Eli Schwartz via aur-general
On 5/12/20 9:55 AM, Markus Schaaf wrote: >> It's not really clear to me when to optdepend. > > Comments welcome. My idea is to use optdepends for things the user may > want, but it's not obvious how to make them work, like a glue-library > the application needs to use another facility, e.g. gpgme

Re: [aur-general] When to use optdepends (was: AUR package q -- newbie)

2020-05-12 Thread Dan Sommers
On Tue, 12 May 2020 15:55:58 +0200 Markus Schaaf wrote: > > It's not really clear to me when to optdepend. > > Comments welcome. My idea is to use optdepends for things the user may > want, but it's not obvious how to make them work, like a glue-library > the application needs to use another

Re: [aur-general] When to use optdepends (was: AUR package q -- newbie)

2020-05-12 Thread hashworks via aur-general
On Tue, 12 May 2020 15:55:58 +0200 Markus Schaaf wrote: > > It's not really clear to me when to optdepend. > > Comments welcome. My idea is to use optdepends for things the user may > want, but it's not obvious how to make them work, like a glue-library > the application needs to use another

[aur-general] When to use optdepends (was: AUR package q -- newbie)

2020-05-12 Thread Markus Schaaf
> It's not really clear to me when to optdepend. Comments welcome. My idea is to use optdepends for things the user may want, but it's not obvious how to make them work, like a glue-library the application needs to use another facility, e.g. gpgme to use gpg, or ghostscript to produce PDF.