Hello, On Thu, 12 Mar 2009, Larry Stotler wrote:
Dependencies will still be a problem. They have been and probably will be. My argument has always been why is something a dependency. There are too many dependencies. Like if I install KDE-PIM, it installs palm utils. Why not ask me if I have a palm, and then install the utils. How many people who use a PIM on a computer actually have a Palm?
The problem is, that if kdepim wants to support libpalm (or whatever its name is) at all, then it has to either link to the lib, and thus the lib must be installed together with kdepim or it has to dlopen the lib. The best way would be a plugin that is dlopen'd by the app, and only the plugin links to libpalm. That way, the app has no dependency on libpalm, and the palm-plugin can be in a seperate package. The same problem and possible solutions applies to libpulse. -dnh -- Get back there in front of the computer NOW. Christmas can wait. -- Linus "the Grinch" Torvalds, 24 Dec 2000 on linux-kernel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org