Hello Thanks for your quick answer! Le 30/07/2012 22:52, Joachim Reichel a écrit : > Hi, > > I guess you are mainly concerned about the Qt dependencies of libcgal-dev, as > the Qt library itself is most probably installed anyway due to other > dependencies. Which dependencies are you referring to ?
I am also concerned about libcgal9: $ apt-cache show libcgal9|grep qt returns libqt4-opengl libqtcore4 & libqtgui4 which, according to upstream, are not necessary. > > I don't think it is a good idea to drop libcgal-demo. The demos and examples > are > a valuable source of information. Even if we drop the demos, that doesn't mean > we can drop libCGAL_Qt4.so. *Within* CGAL it is only used for the demos. But > other software might use the library, too. > > Maybe it is possible to split libCGAL_Qt4.so and the headers from the main > packages into separate packages. Need to check whether this is possible and > whether it's worth the effort. > For course, I am biased but I think it is worth it. Having many qt dependencies on the library just for demos can scare people and limit the diffusion and usage of libcgal... Sylvestre -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
