seth vidal <skvidal(a)linux.duke.edu> writes:
On Tue, 2006-12-26 at 20:30 -0900, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On 12/26/06, Tom Lane <tgl(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>> +1 --- although I suspect Jeff meant that already, ie, he was just
>> using firefox as an example of a package with many dependent packages.
>
> Its more than that, the firefox situation is extraordinary because of
> the way the dependencies are handled. Something needs to be done,
Isn't this a function of the package database some of the
infrastructure
folks are working on? Or, alternatively, couldn't we have it tracked
from the srpm builddep relationships?
well, Jeff makes it perfectly clear that he thinks firefox has a special
problem. I'm still in favor of some kind of generic solution, because
I know I've broken a few downstream packages in my time :-( ... but
perhaps firefox needs some extra mechanism.
regards, tom lane