joost witteveen writes: >>The gs package is compiled to use svgalib and X. This is a nuisance, I >>had to install svgalib only for gs. I propose to split it in one for >>svgalib only and another for X only.
Consider also the cases where the user wants svgalib but not X; and also the case where they want both X and svgalib. That's three packages, or six if there're multiple versions of gs... As for it being a nuisance, won't dselect just do the right thing for you automatically? >I'm sorry, but this is the way it has been decided to do it for all >packages that could use more libs: simply make them decide on all >libs. This makes installation much easier, while not adding too much >disk space. Splitting gs in two would create 4 .deb files (2 for >gs-2.62, 2 for gs-3.53). I'd rather answer about 2 emails/half year >about gs depending on both svgalib and X than having to explain what >4 gs packages is good for. I agree with this. -- Richard Kettlewell (Debian svgalib maintainer) http://www.elmail.co.uk/staff/richard/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] If my head is in the clouds, it is because I am standing on the shoulders of giants...
