On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 16:47:03 +0200
laurent Montel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I created these packages with all feature. So kdegraphics needs
gphoto2,
> sorry but it's necessary.
> I don't have time to split package.
> But if you want that I split packages, I will split them after mdk
8.1 but I
> will not create beta kde package, because it's not possible to
maintain kde
> when we split them.
> So I will create just stable version, no problem.
I take it this is a poll :)
So here's my vote.
I vote for beta packages, not for split packages.
I assume if someone installs kde, he has some disk space to use.
At least I do.
I don't consider it much of a problem.
--
Marcel Pol
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > I don't have a digital camera, so I don't want or need gphoto2.
> > However:
> >
> > [root@teich root]# urpme libgphoto2
> > To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be
removed
> > (4 MB):
> > libgphoto2-2.0-0.beta1.2mdk kdegraphics-2.2-5mdk
> > gphoto2-2.0-0.beta1.2mdk
> >
> > Also, I don't have a modem, so I don't want or need any fax stuff.
So I
> > want to remove efax. Hoever:
> >
> > [root@teich root]# urpme efax
> > To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be
removed
> > (5 MB):
> > efax-0.9-8mdk kdeutils-2.2-7mdk
> >
> > Granted, gphoto2 is only 70k, libgphoto2 only 515k and efax is
only some
> > 200k in size - but this adds up!
> >
> > For these two packages, would it be possible to create subpackages
> > kdegraphics-ghoto2 and kdeutils-efax, which can be
installed/removed
> > when installing gphoto2 and efax?
> >
> > Generally - don't get me wrong here - but I think that a lot ot
packages
> > are requiring too much of maybe not needed "cruft". Okay, things
might
> > be useful for some users, but in this case, subpackages should be
> > created if possible.
