On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Raul Miller wrote: > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As to source dependency problems, it is my understanding that all the > > packages in the main distribution can be built using only packages from > > main. > > That's a lot of packages. I've used .deb packages which include source on > little dinky machines with only a couple hundred meg of hard drive.
What is your point? The .deb packaging of source doesn't deal with source dependencies any better than the current source package. > > > Given that that doesn't tell you which packages those are, and that > > a "standard" installation is supposed to give you "all the normal stuff" > > it should be sufficient to name non-standard dependencies in the source > > README file. > > This is supposed to be an improvement over putting the source in a > .deb file? [Which, I remind you, can be taken apart using standard > unix tools, and which can also be supported through a README file.] > This was a description of what might be done with what we have. > > There is no current declared method for this, and that makes > > implimentation difficult, specially when most developers have what > > they need for their packages and don't typically think about the > > problem any further than that. > > Please don't blame the developers for not using a system which hasn't > been designed or implemented. That sort of thing is unecessarily > dogmatic. > I don't know where you got this from. I was under the impression that I was discusing what might be done with the current source package format. I see no blame intended in what I wrote. Why must all discusions of this type necessarily degenerate into name calling? Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]