[csw-maintainers] Packages that require either package A or package B

[Ben Walton]

Excerpts from Philip Brown's message of Wed May 20 20:53:27 -0400 2009:

> a) just pick one that you the maintainer think is best
> 
> b) do not auto-install, but provide utility scripts to auto-setup for
>    either of them, and a README.CSW file that indicates,
>    "run the script you prefer, to finish setup".
> 
>   (and of course, some sort of auto-detection for, 
>   "this is an UPGRADE, so go with whatever was previously chosen")


c) make pkgutil/pkg-get smart enough to handle debian-style
dependencies above and beyond what pkgadd can actually handle.  Much
more work, but a better experience in the end.  I suspect that this
evolution will need to happen anyway in the face of IPS, which won't
(doesn't?  I haven't played with it) limit itself to the current rigid
dependency system.

-Ben
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