[Pkg-gtkpod-devel] Bug#658538: Further explanation

[Chow Loong Jin]

On 04/02/2012 05:42, Matěj Laitl wrote:
> On 4. 2. 2012 Chow Loong Jin wrote:
>> Considering libgpod4-nogtk (and presumably the gtk one as well) are, as you
>> mentioned, practically useless without the -common package, do you think
>> libgpod-common should be bumped up to Depends for both packages instead?
> 
> Yes, that would be best from my point of view. libgpod can be successfully 
> used without libgpod-common _only_ under special circumstances, namely with:
>  * iPods older than like 3 years
>  * iPods that were previously connected to a PC that has libgpod-common 
> installed.
> With a couple of additional downsides:
>  * while older iPods can work, users loose auto-detection of iPod model
>  * AFAIK libgpod developers assume that the package is never broken into -lib 
> and -common

Sounds like Depends would be the right choice here...

> This would crate circular dependency between libgpod4{,-nogtk} and libgpod-
> common, but I think this is okay as they come from the same source package.

...But this sounds like a real problem. It's not okay for circular dependencies
to happen even if they're from the same source package[1]. Perhaps we'll have to
just go with Recommends.

Thanks for spotting this before I made the upload.

> [...]

[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/06/msg02111.html (#5 under Why?)

-- 
Kind regards,
Loong Jin

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