On 24/03/2022 07:39, Óscar García Amor via arch-general wrote:
But why?
> > I don't quite understand why this should be banned.It's essentially the equivalent of installing a package then -Rdd a dependency. Would that process be encouraged in other situations?
as described in the RFC, has a clear and justified use.
If you're referring to the shim package, there's a difference between a "pure" dummy package that has no content and only meets a dependency, and a shim package that implements functionality in a different way.
if you have a high number of dummy dependencies it can be messy.
What sort of situations are there where you would have a large number of dummy packages? And as a follow-up, why is that situation acceptable?
J
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