Mailinglist Archive: yast-devel (116 mails)

[Lukas Ocilka <lukas.ocilka@xxxxxxx>]

Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett wrote:
> Lukas Ocilka wrote:
> > The current DneServerAPI module works without yast2-dns-server being 
> > installed. First time it is used, it reports (into log) that the 
> > package is not installed and that the dns-related functions will not 
> > work.
> >
> > It's the similar to the module SLPAPI.pm
> >
> > It also only provides the API layer, nothing more.
> >
> > L.
>
> I know.
>
> My question, is, why a package wanting to use that module, should end 
> depending in libzypp and a ton of other packages.
>
> Those reusable modules should be in their own package with their related 
> APIs.

The problem is that some users keep complaining that yast2-http-server 
requires yast2-dns-server even if they don't want to use the DNS Server 
on their machine. Another users are pretty satisfied with the 
yast2-http-server <-> yast2-dns-server connection.

The problem is actually in the fact that the functionality is optional. 
Some will use it, some will not.

Why Miso moved DnsServerAPI to yast2 :)? Well, because he basically 
didn't want to write another Perl wrapper around another Perl wrapper 
(DnsServerAPI is mainly a Perl wrapper around DnsServer YCP Module) ;) 
... and this was just cheaper ;)

Another solution would be to move that library to yast2-dns-server-API 
package. Would it help? Do we want a package with one relatively small 
library (plus docu?).

L.