[Fedora-packaging] Re: libtool(.la) archive policy proposal

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Thu Oct 12 14:31:20 UTC 2006


Axel Thimm wrote:

> So ATM I'm still not convinced that there is any other drawback than a
> couple too many BRs on *-devel packages. 

It's more than a "couple too many BRs", some complex pkgs would/could get
10+.  For one concrete example, see kdelibs:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/170602

Take this to an extreme, and we might as well go back to dropping the
minimal buildroot and simply do
BuildRequires: world
for everything.

-- Rex




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