On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 01:28:13PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I agree with this sentiment. It's always been my view that the needs of > > a package are driven by the package itself, not by the tree. > > > > Rationale: A package will build and run as long as it's own requirements > > are met regardless of what the tree states. > > > > ++, and to all that follows. > > I wouldn't go hunting down and bugging devs for every atom that > doesn't specify a minimum version - this stuff isn't always easy to > find. However, if somebody offers a minimum version I'd consider it a > valid bug.
As a maintainer, I start by checking the documentation for the software I was packaging and making the dependencies match the version requirements there. William
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