From: Bernd K. <bku...@gm...> - 2005-12-27 12:17:19
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Hello, I am warming up an old thread since one of my packages which I am currently updating does exactly this: > Dave Vasilevsky Sun, 31 Jul 2005 04:28:33 -0700 > > On Jul 30, 2005, at 3:24 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: >> IMO we shouldn't have 'bar' provide 'foo' as well as have a >> separate 'foo' package. This is a continual source of chaos. > > There are many many packages right now that do this. Major reasons > are: variants/ssl, old packages that used to be separate but are now > integrated into another package, system-* packages that include the > functionality of real packages. Can anybody enlighten me on - why this is a bad idea? - how this should be handled? (my package is dcmtk/dcmtk-ssl) Thanks for your help Yours Bernd -- "The first discovery I'd like to present here is an algorithm for lazy evaluation of research papers. Just write whatever you want and don't cite any previous work, and indignant readers will send you references to all the papers you should have cited." -- Paul Graham |