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On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 21:04 -0500, Joshua Nichols wrote: |
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> I don't think either of these are particular ideal. I think it would |
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> slightly better to depend on the things that the libraries needed. |
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Well I am not sure that would work or be ideal. A few reasons. One if |
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someone was on a server and so not using alsa, extra stuff is pulled in. |
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Now one could say big deal. |
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However two, if we installed all deps by default that would also include |
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X. Which is a very large app, many deps, takes forever to compile even |
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on fast hardware. |
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Now some time back when I was using JGenerator (a servlet) via Tomcat it |
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had deps on X. I can't recall what happened, I do not believe it was |
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anything catatstrophic. At the same time it was not the greatest either, |
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logs were created and JGenerator would not work till I installed X. |
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Granted both these scenarios are more server related than desktop. |
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However it's cases where the extra stuff would not be wanted across the |
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board. Much less have to package.provide stuff etc? |
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Unfortunately I think use flag is best, and yes it creates broken |
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symbols and etc for missing stuff. Not sure what to say, but it's murky |
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waters, and I am not sure there is any elegant, or ideal way to go about |
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it? Will keep the thinking cap on about it though. |
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Sincerely, |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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Obsidian-Studios, Inc. |
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http://www.obsidian-studios.com |
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