On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:15:10 +0100, Axel Thimm wrote: > So let me ask again: What's really that bad about including the > current *.la files into devel by default (unless really needed in main > packages) other than a couple more dependencies between *-devel > packages and how bad are these "bloated" devel interdependencies? Unfortunately, the "couple of more dependencies" is visible in the BuildRequires tree, too. It results in pretty much the opposite of trying to eliminate superfluous and redundant BR. You will find that packagers will be confronted again and again with missing BR which are only needed because of direct dependencies between .la files or changes within the libtool dep-chain. Stuff that comes and goes as packages in the chain change. Even worse than the "bloat" is when upstream developers modify their software, so that the .la dep-chain is changed, too (e.g. by adding or removing inter-library dependencies or by inserting bugs into the .la templates). IIRC, bugzilla has quite some tales to tell about such breakage. -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
