[Bug 485607] Review Request: scitools - A Python library for scientific computing

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--- Comment #33 from José Matos <jamatos at fc.up.pt>  2009-02-18 11:31:24 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #30)
> 
> I don't agree; the package should not be bloated. You don't need all of the
> packages to use SciTools. Also one must remember that there are still people
> using dialup connections, for whom downloading lots and lots of extra stuff is
> a problem.

It is not so much the fact that I may agree or not with that stance but instead
the question to know if the use of a sub-package is the right technical
solution to this problem.

> However, you might want to add a note about the extras metapackage to the
> %description, e.g. "For full functionality you may want to install the
> scitools-extras package."

I agree.

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