Hi Bas, On Monday 09 May 2005 14:54, Bas Wijnen wrote: > Package: openmsx > Version: 0.5.1-2 > Severity: wishlist > > OpenMSX has a Depends: on cbios, while it is possible to have a useful > package without it (by including a ROM file ripped from a real MSX > machine). People who want to use their own ROMs are thus forced to > install cbios, which is not good.
C-BIOS is only a few 100 kilobytes large. Compared to openMSX it is really tiny. I don't really believe that is a realistic argument. > I think there should instead be a Depends: on a virtual package (called > msx-systemrom or something) which is provided by cbios. Then someone > who has a ripped ROM could create a package from that which also > provides the virtual package. If it is done in this way, it might be > good to make a script for that, as most people will not know how to make > a debian package. :-) As long as there are no other DFSG-free openmsx bios roms in debian, I think a plain depend is just fine. About the scripts, there are already such scripts. However it is not my intention to provide them as part of the debian package. Feel free to ask for them on #openMSX any time. If you don't mind I'd like to close this bug, or convince me otherwise :) Greetings, Joost -- The planet Andete is infamous for it's killer edible poets.
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