On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 07:28:31PM +0200, Goswin Brederlow wrote: > Source packages should also not depend on other packages with higher > priority, otherwise there could arise a situation where you can´t > build a package because you can´t build another.
This is not useful. Priority rating for source packages is not useful at all. > Actually checking that all sources can be build is a fulltime > job. There may not be any loops in the dependencies of sources (except > for essential and required). Again this is wrong. Circular build time dependencies are annoying but common. I am all for making it easier to bootstrap Debian, but let's first add source deps, and after a year, we can analyze the data with graph theory. Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org for public PGP Key [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
