On 15/06/13 13:04, David Weinehall wrote: > On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 12:15:03PM +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote: >> The issue that worries me most about these desktop notification plans is >> the possibility that some package may decide to unnecessarily drop >> support for non-desktop systems, adding dependencies on the desktop >> notification system. I believe we already have had a few examples of >> such unnecessary dependencies on services which are "nice to have", like >> GNOME depending on NetworkManager for example. > > I'm having a hard time understanding this particular gripe. If you're > running a non-desktop system (by this I take it to mean that you're not > using a GUI), why would you worry about GNOME's dependencies anyhow? > > If you're using a desktop system it doesn't feel like a stretch to use > functionality that fits in with the desktop system. And vice versa, > obviously.
This concern could be put another way: that if the mailer is not present, developers will no longer assume it is present and will choose other dependencies (maybe just syslog or maybe a GUI) as a way of raising alerts I prefer to look at it the other way though: how can we make mail integration so effective that developers will want to use it for everything and it works more seamlessly with or without a GUI? I agree that mail works, but in a default deployment, it does little to prioritize or de-duplicate alerts from applications and the OS. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51bdbc98.5040...@pocock.com.au