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Re: [OF] Miscellaneous fails to build


From: Juan Pablo Carbajal
Subject: Re: [OF] Miscellaneous fails to build
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:24:24 +0200

On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 11:22 AM, c. <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> On 12 Jun 2014, at 11:08, Juan Pablo Carbajal <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Also, misc. is still dependency of other packages.
> I consider this a problem that should be fixed.
>
>> I just wonder why I need to install GNU units? Can't it be just a
>> optional thing?
> because "miscellaneous" is just a collection of, well ..., miscellaneous,
> unrelated functions and some of them happen to need GNU units.
>
Yes, but this is not the answer tot he question which is: Why does it
has to be mandatory? Indeed because it is a hectic collection we
should be forcing people to install hectic packages.
Instead of failing, why not just warn that units wont be useful unless
the install GNU units.
> c.
>



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