]] Dmitry Papchenkoff > Additionally, there was requests for packaging for xssstatus, which is > (by upstream) a part of suckless-tools too, but (as for other > suckless-tools) have separate tarball. For example, if xsstools will > be included in main package, then «tools for minimalist window > managers» will depend on xscreensaver even if they also includes dumb > x locker. So, at least two or three of the tools already have reasons > for making separate packages for them, that's not good — it's better > then packages for one vendor organized in some common way.
You don't need to depend if only a minor functionality of the package depends on some other package, a suggests is fine. See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=119517 With 3.0 (quilt), you can have multiple upstream tarballs too. -- Tollef Fog Heen UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org