On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 01:55:48AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 12:46:03PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> If your examples are like B1 is a console program and B2 an X program > >> and P doesn't want to pull in X for console users then splitting is > >> the right thing to do. isdnutils would be example of having split due > >> to this in the past. > > > > Policy (11.8.1) says that you should only split your package into X and > > non-X parts if it is higher priority than the X libraries (which are > > optional). isdnutils doesn't seem to qualify. > > People with their small headless isdn routers didn't feel like > installing X on them just to be able to install isdn-utils at all. > > Enough people wished for a split and it was done.
The previous version of 11.8.1 was a bit less forgiving (changed in 1999). Anyway you are not obligated to install X but only some libraries. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
