On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 01:46:53PM +0200, Alexandre wrote: > Hello, > > Let package A depend on package B and C. > Let package B depend on package C. > I maintain A, someone else maintains B and C. > > Should I explicitely let A depend on B and C in debian/control, or is it > OK -- or better -- to let it depend only on B? > > In the case at hand: > A = python2.1-xml > B = python2.1-xmlbase > C = python2.1 > > So I'm pretty certain that B's dependency on C won't be removed > silently.
You can let A depend on B and register on PTS to keep track of B's development, and check if in near (further) future it changes. Right? J -- Jesus Climent | Unix System Admin | Helsinki, Finland. http://www.HispaLinux.es/~data/ | data.pandacrew.org ------------------------------------------------------ Please, encrypt mail address to me: GnuPG ID: 86946D69 FP: BB64 2339 1CAA 7064 E429 7E18 66FC 1D7F 8694 6D69 ------------------------------------------------------ Registered Linux user #66350 Debian 3.0 & Linux 2.4.19 Yes...No...I don't know. I don't know what I want. --Sam Lowry (Brazil)
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