[Pkg-alsa-devel] split packages or add debconf options

[Thomas Hood]

Stanislav Maslovski wrote:
> First thing I noticed after installing alsa packages (1.0.10) was that I saw
> the udev, hotplug and discover supporting scripts installed by default.
> People using 2.4.x kernels (like me) do not use udev stuff, also most of them
> do not use hotplug or discover. It would be nice if these files could go into
> separate package(s). Other possibility could be to ask the user (with
> debconf) if he/she needs support for these (optional!) utilities.


Thanks for the suggestions.

The scripts don't do any harm if they aren't used, so there is no need for a
debconf question.  It would complicate things too much to put the scripts in
separate packages.
-- 
Thomas Hood