On 02/08/12 16:13, Jeroen Demeyer wrote:
> On 2012-02-08 18:40, Jean-Pierre Flori wrote:
>> In some packages, we already have some "dependencies" section.
>> I guess this could be used (or put somewhere else in the spkg) and
>> then used by Sage (and not the spkg-install script itself, just as
>> what is done with SAGE_CHECK variable and spgk-check script) to check
>> for dependencies.
>
> Seems like a lot of work for little gain. I'm not in favour.
>
Not to beat a dead horse (in fact, I've come to appreciate how easy it
is to patch e.g. Maxima), but with a monolithic distribution, I only see
two possible extremes:
* Out-of-tree packages don't work reliably
* You essentially become a distro, supplying your own package
management.
Somewhere in between there's probably at least a local maximum; my guess
is that letting autotools notice the missing deps is that spot.
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