On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 14:03:45 +0200, mpan wrote: >> why does a package from official repositories mentions what version >> of a dependency is required? >Because it may be that it is working only with that particular >version. That doesn't explain why it is needed or in any way useful for a package provided by official Arch repositories? Partial upgrades are unsupported [1]. Actually it could be vary annoying, if packages now start including the version of a dependency. I didn't notice that packages mention dependency versions for at least the last 4 years [2]. It's not the only dummy package I'm using for at least that long. [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/System_maintenance#Partial_upgrades_are_unsupported [2] [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ pacman -Qi pulseaudio | grep D | grep -v al Description : Dummy package Depends On : None Build Date : Sun 18 Aug 2013 06:06:40 PM CEST
