Jim Pick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > e) move the modules from dpkg-perl to dpkg. > > No. The dpkg package is already too bloated. If we add dpkg-perl to it, > then we should add dpkg-python too. And then we have to update dpkg > everytime we fiddle with the interfaces in these relatively immature > packages. We should try to minimize the number of updates to dpkg, since > that makes it easier to trace back problems to a specific revision.
ok, that's reasonable. If the interfaces were mature, they could go with dpkg. libdpkg is there. > Personally, I'd like to see the dpkg package shrink. dselect could be > a separate package from dpkg. A few of the larger things in dpkg should be dpkg-dev - /usr/doc/dpkg/packaging.html/* /usr/include/dpkg/* /usr/lib/libdpkg.a Moving those would knock about 1/3 off its size. I'll file a bug report. Guy
