This one time, at band camp, Andreas Barth said: > Hi, > > * Ian Jackson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060726 13:18]: > > But, for example, foo <-Depends-> foo-data is not usually an example > > of a silly dependency. > > Actually, there is no reason why foo-data needs foo configured before > being configured, but there might be reason for the other direction. > Why not inventing some new "Depends-for-being-useful" from foo-data to > foo, and having Depends cycle-free?
Like, say, Enhances: ? I always thought that basically meant "useless by myself, but is useful for foo". Pity it never got implemented into anything much. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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