Re: Why is python a dependency of gtk2?

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 10:30:46AM -0500, Julio Merino wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 3:29 AM, Jens Rehsack 
> <rehsack%googlemail.com@localhost> wrote:
> > So if I understand that correctly, it would be ok making python dependency
> > optional, enabled by default except for AIX?
> > I thing, I should increase PKG_REVISION for that, because options
> > changed, shouldn't I?
> 
> No, that's a bad approach.  If you do that, other packages that rely
> on this Python-based tool will not work on AIX, failing mysteriously.
> There really is nothing to "fix" here.

Well, just split the script off the main package?

Joerg