Chris Staub wrote these words on 06/13/06 17:17 CST: > Chris Staub wrote: >>> 1. Removed Fontconfig as an optional dependency. >>> 2. Did not remove it as a required depend, as it technically is. >>> 3. Will be removing Cairo as recommended, but leaving the note. >>> A note should be enough. >> Why? I'm sure most people installing Pango do so simply because it's >> required by GTK+-2.
I'm not a big fan of recommended depends, unless it is recommended by the maintainer. In this case it is not. A note saying that if you plan on installing GTK+-2, you should install Cairo before Pango, should be enough. This is more in line with other packages that just have notes explaining this type of stuff. See the D-BUS instructions for an example. > My main concern was cairo and X listed in the >> "Required" section when they are not. > > That was in reference to #3... Please clarify. You've now got me confused. Are you saying that you feel one of Cairo or X or fontconfig is not required? I'm reading your last sentence before the (reference to #3) sentence to mean you don't think X or Cairo should be in the required section. How so? -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.27] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 17:19:00 up 32 days, 9:19, 1 user, load average: 0.28, 0.87, 0.80 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
