[csw-pkgsubmissions] newpkgs gdb

[Peter FELECAN]

Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> writes:

> Hi Peter,
>
> Am 24.01.2011 um 14:43 schrieb Peter FELECAN:
>> Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> writes:
>>> Am 24.01.2011 um 10:49 schrieb Peter FELECAN:
>>>> Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> writes:
>>>>> The rationale behind this is that not all people actually "enjoy"
>>>>> texinfo. The CAS has therefore been written to print a notice if
>>>>> texinfo is not installed at the moment and if it is later installed
>>>>> all pending .info-files will be reregistered. This is documented
>>>>> here:
>>>>> http://wiki.opencsw.org/cswclassutils-package#toc23
>>>> 
>>>> 1. I don't get this non dependency point. If texinfo is not installed,
>>>>  how can I access them easily, i.e., with an index and all? As an
>>>>  Emacs user I'm trifled by this...
>>> 
>>> You can't. But if you want to you can install the texinfo package at
>>> any time and all registrations will be correct, regardless of the
>>> install time of texinfo.
>> 
>> That I get. But why should I remove the dependency?
>
> In fact it is usually handled as "soft dependency", that means you can
> safely install it later optionally if you want texinfo. At least it is done
> this way for the other packages :-)

Alright. But why should I remove the dependecy? Is not correct or what?
-- 
Peter