On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 01:05:14PM -0500, Phillip J. Eby wrote: > > What you're saying is, you want TurboGears to be able to blindly trust that > its dependencies are installed. This doesn't help users, though, because > it keeps the package author from being able to provide *end-user support* > without learning the ins and outs of every distro and packaging system, so > he can tell the user what to run to find out if the dependencies are > *really* met.
You re discussing things with Debian people, and in Debian, there is dpkg packaging and dependencies system to take care of it. Debian _user_ installs any package with apt-get install packagename, and the package installs with all dependencies met, period. Alex -- mors ab alto 0x46399138 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]