> Maybe adding a simple clause like:
> 
> (depends-on-external "libexif" source: "http://libexif.sf.net";)
> 
> to the .meta file (of libexif in this case) which can be queried by 
> chicken-install.
> 
> So the user has a chance to get a complete list of all dependencies in
> advance instead of having to trip on each one by one.
> 
> Does this make sense?

Yes, indeed. I'd suggest "foreign-depends" (but it doesn't
matter). The property-value should be free-form, but have one element
per dependency.


cheers,
felix

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