On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Stefan van der Eijk wrote: > > #2) You say nothing about the reason. > > ./configure was looking for /usr/bin/mcopidl, and couldn't find it. > [stefan@taz OK]$ urpmf /usr/bin/mcopidl > arts:/usr/bin/mcopidl > So I added BuildRequires arts.
So is everybody fed up with this kind of flamewar? It's "BuildRequires" not "Requires", so one doesn't need a sound card before installing mandrake_desk. Even one installs arts doesn't mean sound card must be present. > > #3) All requirements and the "why" of them should be documented for > > any serious development project. If you can't document why you > > included the requirement then it's not likely you know. And if you > > don't know, then don't put it in there. Adding deps just cause it > > "makes it work" is not software development, it's playing around. This is better point though. Stefan, if you have added one more line "configure requires /usr/bin/mcopidl" in the changelog then this kind of flamewar may not occur right now. Of course, it doesn't mean one should document why 1+1=2, but for the less comprehensible things, it's still worthy to write a note about it. Abel
