On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 20:57 +0200, Michel Alexandre Salim wrote: > According to > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:ScriptletSnippets#mimeinfo > > packages should not depend on shared-mime-info, but instead only > update its database if it happens to be installed. I would expect > shared-mime-info to be pulled in by either specifying it in comps.xml > or as a dependency to gvfs (on GNOME) or its KDE equivalent, but > instead it is required by gnome-vfs2 (which should not pull it in > anymore, now that we have gvfs) as well as PackageKit, several > NetworkManager subpackages, and several other applications. > > Should we consider these packaging bugs? I'd file the bugs and fix > them, but first we probably need to decide on what is the right way to > pull in shared-mime-info on a normal installation, and ensuring that a > fix does not break upgrades.
There is a big difference between a package like gedit, which just adds information about its supported mime types, and gvfs or PackageKit, which rely on the mime database for a core part of their functionality. -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
