* David Majda <[email protected]> [Jan 22. 2014 17:09]:
> 
> The real cost is in using it. More complicated package tree = more
> confusion about:

Agreed. And that's actually the motivation to revert the current split
of ruby,rubyXY,ruby-common,...

In the new proposal, you just install 'ruby' and all sub-packages will
come in via dependencies (just like any other shared libraries).

> 
>   * what exactly needs to be installed for some purpose and what is
>     optional (complicates e.g. writing READMEs and various manuals)

'ruby' is all that's needed.

> 
>   * what files belong to which package

The new scheme will be documented on the opensuse wiki.

> 
>   * what depends (or should depend) on what

ruby requires libruby2_1, ruby-stdlib, and recommends ruby-doc.

Hth,

Klaus
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