seth vidal <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, 2006-12-26 at 20:30 -0900, Jeff Spaleta wrote: >> On 12/26/06, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> +1 --- although I suspect Jeff meant that already, ie, he was just >>> using firefox as an example of a package with many dependent packages. >> >> Its more than that, the firefox situation is extraordinary because of >> the way the dependencies are handled. Something needs to be done, > Isn't this a function of the package database some of the infrastructure > folks are working on? Or, alternatively, couldn't we have it tracked > from the srpm builddep relationships? well, Jeff makes it perfectly clear that he thinks firefox has a special problem. I'm still in favor of some kind of generic solution, because I know I've broken a few downstream packages in my time :-( ... but perhaps firefox needs some extra mechanism. regards, tom lane -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
