[csw-pkgsubmissions] newpkgs gdb

[Philip Brown]

On 1/25/11, Peter FELECAN <pfelecan at opencsw.org> wrote:
> Philip Brown <phil at bolthole.com> writes:
>
>> If the info files are split into their own "doc" package, then they
>> are no longer "optional". They are the primary reason for that
>> particular package to exist. So in that case, it makes sense to
>> directly depend on texinfo.
>
> Alright. I'll try to do that in the next update cycle or, if lacking the
> time, remove the dependency on texinfo.

great, thanks.


> Subsidiary question: if there is a -doc package for gdb should it
> depend on gdb itself (the run-time)? Or we can consider that if somebody
> installs this package is to read the doc and not necessarily to execute
> gdb (which in my opinion is dumb but it's an use case to consider).


Someone might want to glance through the docs, to decide if they want
to install gdb, or use something else. So, not so silly.
I think the docs would be fine just depending on texinfo and the
appropriate class action package.