* Stefan Schwandter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > Hello, > > > policy says that a package in main must not declare a releationship on a > package not in main. > > I would like to split the snd package into a snd (arch-independent > files), snd-gtk and snd-dmotif, where snd-dmotif is in contrib. Is it > legal to declare a Depends: on snd-gtk|snd-dmotif in the snd package? > Since snd-gtk is in main, I don't see why this shouldn't be possible. > > Or should I declare a Depends: on, say, snd-gui and let the > gui-packages declare a Provides: snd-gui? >
I think the second suggestion is by far the better. That means you don't have to depend on a package in contrib, and can add other gui modules later without having to change the dependencies on snd Cheers, -Thom -- Thom May -> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Personally, I quite like the little pictures they display when things are > scanned. Just so you know what a zucchini looks like before you go > throwing your money away on one. "Oh shit! Is that zucchini? It said OREOS on the shelf!" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
