[csw-pkgsubmissions] newpkgs giflib, giflib_doc, giflib_rt, libungif

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Phil,

Am 12.03.2010 um 18:39 schrieb Philip Brown:
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Dagobert Michelsen  
> <dam at opencsw.org> wrote:
>> Hi Phil,
>>
>> I would prefer #1 as with number #2 the library has the impression it
>> can do X11 grabs and crashes if you do without the CSW X11 libs
>> installed.
>
> yes, I realize this. However:
>
> 1. in reality, almost everyone will have the libs installed already :)

They will have the Sun X11 libs, yes, but not necessarily the CSW X11  
libs.

> 2. Who the heck is going to try a "grab from X11", if they dont have
> the X11 libs
>   installed already?!?!
>  And if they dont, they are sysadmins who are smart enough to first  
> realize,
>  "hey I'm going to custom build a stripped down, small system  
> without X libs",
> so they are smart enough to realize, "hey I just tried a really
> stupid thing, duh i should install the X libs"
>
> :-D

Phil, this is not the right thing to do and certainly not our goal.
The goal is to provide packages that "just work" and not crash and
the sysadmin has to look and see "well, if I want X11 then I need to
add these CSW X11 libraries also, I wonder why there are no dependencies
installed, that was the point in pkg-get/pkgutil??" and they will file
bug reports.


Best regards

   -- Dago