Bug#395361: Please add a Recommends on gnome-mount

[Michael Biebl]

Loïc Minier schrieb:
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2006, Michael Biebl wrote:
>> if gnome-mount is installed, gnome-vfs will use it. This allows to
>> have advanced functionality, like crypto support (luks), per drive and
>> per volume settings (like mount point, iocharset etc.). I think that
>> would be a valuable addition that justifies a Recommends.
> 
>  I'm not sure this is a good idea; it rather belong to some higher level
>  meta package.  Check libgnomevfs2-extra, it's pulled by
>  gnome-desktop-environment.  I'm not sure it's useful to Recommend it as
>  well from libgnomevfs2-0.

I do not quite agree here. In the first place, package dependencies
should document the existing relationships between packages.
It also helps me as maintainer of gnome-mount to keep an overview over
who/what is actually using this package (say, I want to upgrade to a new
revision and test depended packages first for compatibility). Having a
meta-package depend on gnome-mount does not give me the necessary
information. It's of course fine, if the gnome-desktop-environment
*also* adds a Recommends on gnome-mount.
In the end, it's gnome-vfs, which uses gnome-mount, and not g-d-e.


>  In particular, note that the Depends of gnome-mount are *HUGE*
>  (you might want to try --as-needed).  The Depends of libgnomevfs2-extra
>  are moderate in comparison.
> 

Well, the old libtool/pkgconfig debacle. I'll see, how far I can get
with relibtoolizing first.

Cheers,
Michael

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