Loïc Minier schrieb: > On Thu, Oct 26, 2006, Michael Biebl wrote: >> if gnome-mount is installed, gnome-vfs will use it. This allows to >> have advanced functionality, like crypto support (luks), per drive and >> per volume settings (like mount point, iocharset etc.). I think that >> would be a valuable addition that justifies a Recommends. > > I'm not sure this is a good idea; it rather belong to some higher level > meta package. Check libgnomevfs2-extra, it's pulled by > gnome-desktop-environment. I'm not sure it's useful to Recommend it as > well from libgnomevfs2-0.
I do not quite agree here. In the first place, package dependencies should document the existing relationships between packages. It also helps me as maintainer of gnome-mount to keep an overview over who/what is actually using this package (say, I want to upgrade to a new revision and test depended packages first for compatibility). Having a meta-package depend on gnome-mount does not give me the necessary information. It's of course fine, if the gnome-desktop-environment *also* adds a Recommends on gnome-mount. In the end, it's gnome-vfs, which uses gnome-mount, and not g-d-e. > In particular, note that the Depends of gnome-mount are *HUGE* > (you might want to try --as-needed). The Depends of libgnomevfs2-extra > are moderate in comparison. > Well, the old libtool/pkgconfig debacle. I'll see, how far I can get with relibtoolizing first. Cheers, Michael
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