Quoting Sandro Tosi (2019-01-02 17:24:58) > On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 5:52 AM Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Quoting Sandro Tosi (2019-01-02 06:01:15) > > > > I filed this bugreport because I believe the use of recommends > > > > is wrong here: As a library it cannot know if the various > > > > optional features are exotic or valuable - that is for its > > > > consumers to decide. > > > > > > and this is where i disagree: part of being the maintainer is > > > choosing the right balance of Depends (core functionalities), > > > Recommends (important but library usable without) and Suggests > > > (nice to have), which is what i'm trying to do here. > > > > > > after all, you're not a direct user of networkx so you may > > > understand why i'm reluctant to demote any of the current > > > Recommends just because you feel the dependencies chain of the > > > tool you're actually using is too wide. > > > > My point is that _any_ use of a library is indirect use. > > so you're claiming there is 0% chance someone wants to install > python3-networkx to write *their own code* using that module?
No. But that someone is using the library indirectly via their code. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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