[csw-pkgsubmissions] newpkgs gdb

[Peter FELECAN]

Philip Brown <phil at bolthole.com> writes:

> On 1/24/11, Peter FELECAN <pfelecan at opencsw.org> wrote:
>>
>> Alright. But why should I remove the dependecy? Is not correct or what?
>>
>
> It is not correct, in the sense that it forces users to download a
> package that they do not strictly "need", and may have no interest or
> use for.

Maybe this is a little bit strong... if a package bring info files it
must depend on the package which gives the mean to read them.

> Yes, you like it; others however, may not.

Like what? IMO is not a question of love but of comfort. But as we have
seen often you're esthetically inclined when I'm pragmatically leaning.

How can we measure how many like it and how many don't? This is
subjective.

> Depending on CSWtexinfo also pulls in other packages, which makes it even worse.
> (gsed, and CSWbash. neither of which are needed for gdb itself)
>
> It is always good to be mindful of the use case, where a user tries us
> for the first time, to get "one specific program".
>
> if they are initially using us just to get a modern gdb installed..
> they will not be impressed if we then needlessly pull in 3 extra
> packages they have no wish for.

This can be taken as the opposite: they install gdb but there is no mean
to read the info files which is quantitatively good but qualitatively
bad.

-- 
Peter