Sune Vuorela wrote: > On 2011-12-13, Benoît Knecht <benoit.kne...@fsfe.org> wrote: > > Sebastian H. wrote: > >> > Why regroup qasmixer and qasconfig into one package? Wouldn't it be > >> > better having them Recommend each other? It doesn't seem like an > >> > improvement forcing users to install both tools instead of giving them > >> > the choice. But maybe I'm missing something. > >> > >> The short answer is, it makes package maintenance much easier and > >> is less error prone. > > > > I see the point of having one source package for all the tools, but you > > could still make several binary packages from there (as alsa-tools does, > > though not for every single utility I must admit). > > What's the size of these packages? what's their dependencies?
qasmixer is 1400 kB (give or take), and is around 230 kB. You can see their dependency with 'apt-cache depends qasmixer qasconfig'. > A quick look from here looks like they are qtgui apps that uses > libasound ? So? It's difficult for me to get your point when you're asking questions without making any statement. I'd be grateful if you could clarify. Cheers, -- Benoît Knecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111213205053.gg2...@marvin.lan
