On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Matthias Clasen <mclasen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 20:57 +0200, Michel Alexandre Salim wrote: >> According to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:ScriptletSnippets#mimeinfo >> >> packages should not depend on shared-mime-info, but instead only >> update its database if it happens to be installed. I would expect >> shared-mime-info to be pulled in by either specifying it in comps.xml >> or as a dependency to gvfs (on GNOME) or its KDE equivalent, but >> instead it is required by gnome-vfs2 (which should not pull it in >> anymore, now that we have gvfs) as well as PackageKit, several >> NetworkManager subpackages, and several other applications. > There is a big difference between a package like gedit, which just adds > information about its supported mime types, and gvfs or PackageKit, > which rely on the mime database for a core part of their functionality. > gvfs does not depend on shared-mime-info, though. gnome-vfs2 does (is it needed?). Also, do the various NetworkManager packages need to depend on s-m-i? Thanks, -- Michel -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging
