[csw-users] Question about dependencies

[Ben Walton]

Excerpts from Juergen Arndt's message of Thu Mar 12 14:57:10 -0400 2009:
> So, how could I handle that? Should my package depend on PHP or not? Maybe  
> it's ok to print out a short message, that the user has to make sure, that  
> PHP is installed and maybe a zlib extension too and so on?

If the app needs php to function, I'd say you should definitely have
the P in your depend file.  Depend on php5 (or whatever specific
separate CSW php5 package you need) and let the user make it work with
any non-csw stuff.

IMO, nothing _new_ should depend on php4 stuff, and not depending on
php at all just makes for more bug reports for you! :)

HTH
-Ben
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