Multilib Middle-Ground
Rahul Sundaram
sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Thu May 1 17:10:33 UTC 2008
Les Mikesell wrote:
>
> But what I was trying to point out initially is that failing the install
> because one part has unsatisfied dependencies is counterproductive
> because you may not need to run that part.
If a software has optional components that are not really required to
run the software, it should be split up into several sub packages so
that you can run it without ignoring the dependencies. That is upto to
the vendor is question since nobody else has even repackaging rights.
Rahul
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