See detailed discussion in
Bug#212034: Debian Perl Policy manual uses dependency backwards,
especially the ends of my last two messages, regarding ambiguity of
the terminology (even if we continue to disagree on the rest of it).
Daniel
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Daniel Barclay
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On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 00:24, Daniel B. wrote in part:
Debian seems to use the word dependency backwards a lot, making
things confusing and hard to understand.
[...]
If A depends on B, then A is a
dependency (A is dependent on B). B is _not_ a dependency of A.
The word 'dependency' can
Thomas Hood wrote:
On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 00:24, Daniel B. wrote in part:
Debian seems to use the word dependency backwards a lot, making
things confusing and hard to understand.
[...]
If A depends on B, then A is a
dependency (A is dependent on B). B is _not_ a dependency of A.
The
Package: general
Version: n/a?
Debian seems to use the word dependency backwards a lot, making
things confusing and hard to understand.
Per the The American Heritage Dictionary (via
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dependency), a dependency
is:
1. Dependence.
2. Something
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