Hi,
2011/2/21 Matthieu Baerts <matt...@gmail.com>:
> 2011/2/21 Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwama...@nigauri.org>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Package: cairo-dock-plug-ins
>> Section: graphics
>> Architecture: any
>> Conflicts: cairo-dock-plug-ins (<= 2.0.8.0)
>> Replaces: cairo-dock-plugin-data,
>> cairo-dock-plugins,
>> cairo-dock-alsamixer-plugin,
>> cairo-dock-animated-icons-plugin,
>> cairo-dock-cairo-penguin-plugin,
>> cairo-dock-clipper-plugin,
>> cairo-dock-clock-plugin,
>> cairo-dock-compiz-icon-plugin,
>> cairo-dock-dbus-plugin,
>> cairo-dock-desklet-rendering-plugin,
>> cairo-dock-dialog-rendering-plugin,
>> cairo-dock-drop-indicator-plugin,
>> cairo-dock-dustbin-plugin,
>> ....
>>
>> NAK.
>> Most users do not need all plugin.
>> We should leave the choice that user can install only necessary plugin.
>> cairo-dock-plug-ins is a meta package of that purpose.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Nobuhiro
>> --
>> Nobuhiro Iwamatsu
>> iwamatsu at {nigauri.org / debian.org}
>> GPG ID: 40AD1FA6
>>
>
>
> Yes we (the upstream) know but there is a lot of reasons to not split these
> plug-ins:
> * It's hard to maintain these deb packages (some plugins are available on
> Ubuntu and not on Debian, some plugins are unstable, some plugins require
> some other, some plugins can become unstable or the name can change, or some
> plugins can merged, etc.)
Yes, Maintenance of the packages is very hard work.
But we do not maintian package for oneself.
It is necessary we think about the thing of the user, and to make a package
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Duplicated package with cairo-dock-plugins (coming from Debian)
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