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On 11/07/2014 11:18 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: |
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> On 7 November 2014 13:04, Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> wrote: |
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>> In bug 528086 [1] we have a pre-built games package with a soname |
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>> dependency on libSDL_mixer-1.2.so.0. The maintainer reports that the |
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>> game works fine without this library, so he doesn't want to add a |
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>> dependency on sdl-mixer. |
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> Ehm no this is absolutely ludicrously a bad idea. |
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> If the library is in NEEDED of binary, there is no need that said |
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> binary will run. If whatever package works fine without that binary |
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> being able to run, maybe the binary should not be installed. |
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> Just shoving this under the rug is preposterous. |
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Yeah, I figured that we'd get a reaction like this. I just thought I'd |
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start by proposing some sort of compromise, and then let others fight it |
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out. :) |
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Thanks, |
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Zac |