[TriLUG] Dependencies: Lasagna or Spaghetti?

[OlsonE at aosa.army.mil]

This is reason #1 why I use gentoo. I can use 'USE=" "' ...and omit all
the fluff that comes with gnome/kde ...etc. I also favored the kde-base
and the split ebuilds of KDE which allow you to install the minimal
amount of functionality necessary. I like to make my own assumptions as
to what I need / don't need ...instead of letting the package manager
pull defaults. 

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Tanner Lovelace
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 11:02 AM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Dependencies: Lasagna or Spaghetti?

I wasn't sure if it was RPMs or .debs but if it's RPMs they have
automatic dependency calculations (and the user can specify dependencies
too, but they really should use the automatic stuff as much as
possible).  But either way, that's just really bad.  Why should any
package depend on the docs package?

But, for the case of applications depending upon other applications
instead of just depending upon libraries or frameworks, is it the case
with gnome that that is the case or is that also a case of bad
packaging?  I know Unix, historically, does tend to do that, but I would
think that would be less prevalent with desktop applications.

Cheers,
Tanner

On 11/9/06, Jason Tower <jason at cerient.net> wrote:
> aren't dependencies as much a function of who did the packaging as of 
> the software itself?  meaning, this isn't necessarily a gnome issue, 
> maybe someone used less than optimal packaging techniques when rolling
the rpms.
>
> jason
>
> Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> > I hear lots of people talk about how various desktop environment are

> > bloated, but this particular story just amazes me!
> >
> > http://duncan.mac-vicar.com/blog/archives/145
> >
> > Can anyone who is more knowledgeable about Gnome shed some light as 
> > to why the dependencies described in that blog post seem to be so 
> > messed up?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Tanner
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