[Pkg-scicomp-devel] Bug#469732: Bug#469732: libglpk0: excessive install dependencies

[Rafael Laboissiere]

package libglpk0
tags 469732 confirmed
thanks


* Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt at recycle.lbl.gov> [2008-03-06 11:16]:

> Package: libglpk0
> Version: 4.25-1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> The 4.27-1 update includes:
>   * debian/control: Build-depend on libiodbc2-dev and
>     libmysqlclient15-dev in order to get MathPROG support
> Apparently this also adds to the install-time dependencies.
> Upgrading to this version, apt-get tells me:
> 
> The following extra packages will be installed:
>   libiodbc2 libmysqlclient15off mysql-common
> [chop]
> After this operation, 5124kB of additional disk space will be used.

You are absolutely right.  I will consider producing two independent library
packages, one with MathPROG support and the other without.  I do not know
whether this will be possible, though.  In case it is possible, which naming
scheme would you suggested?  We could have:

                with MathPROG        without MathPROG
1st option      libglpk0             libglpk-light0
2nd option      libglpk-mathprog0    libglpk0

Which would be better?

-- 
Rafael