Subject: Re: Removing gtk2-extras meta package
To: Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com>
From: Todd Vierling <tv@duh.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 10/10/2005 13:01:34
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:

> A while ago, I added the gtk2-extras package.  But frankly, I think it's
> useless; if we add a theme or application requiring a specific image
> loader, we'll list it as a dependency.

Ideally, that's how it should be.  The needed libraries should have bl3
files where appropriate, and those bl3 files sbould be included by the
dependent (directly, not via a second-level metapackage).

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-- Todd Vierling <tv@duh.org> <tv@pobox.com> <todd@vierling.name>