On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 10:56:45PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > > in C or C++. The required packages are called _build-essential_, and an > > informational list will be published separately from this document. > > > > I don't see that list. > > I've been thinking about publishing this list as a task metapackage called > task-build-essential or something. It would have several advantages: > * anybody who wishes to build a package needs only install this > package and whatever the package specifies > * all build-time dependency implementations get to use the > *same* list very easily > * we get the handling of several versions of the list (one > for stable, one for unstable) for free from the usual release process > * it will be easy to report bugs in the list: just bug the > metapackage > > What do people think?
I think it's a very good idea. [ BTW: In addition to the Depends: field, you may put the list of packages somewhere in /usr/share/doc/whatever-you-call-it ]. Thanks. -- "68b2182aa3502e52474a3dbebff68f1a" (a truly random sig)
