Otavio Salvador <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I disagree. Forcing the user to spend to much time micromanage which >> stuff he wants is not to the bennefit of the user. Neither for the >> unexperienced user nor the power user. > > More or less. One search show both packages and user can read what > each do. Not so dificult ;-)
Not if you're the only one splitting packages unneccesary then it doensn't matter. But you're not the only developer. Unneccessary package splits isn't a problem if they only happends for a single package but on a larger scale the means problems. Micromanagement is bad! >> It is bad practise to split packages just because it is posible to use >> some parts of the package. > > Of course. But one dependence like Emacs is. Many users doesn't want > emacs installed and they should be respected. And you still havn't told us what you didn't understand when James wrote: 'If depending on emacs bothers you, make it a suggests.' They *don't* have to have emacs installed! -- Peter Makholm | Why does the entertainment industry wants us to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | believe that a society base on full surveillance http://hacking.dk | is bad? | Do they have something to hide?
