-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi, On Mon, 9 Mar 2020, Allan McRae wrote:
People have previously suggested automatically adding all dependencies on libraries to depends, and have all packages provide their libraries. This was rejected.
I had requested something similar once, but not exactly what you wrote (I assume, you refer to my request - if not, please ignore): The request was to add all the provides parts, but the depends part only if one likes to (e.g. if one evaluates the stability of linking more important than an easy build path for upgrades) - but even that got rejected. So in essence: Already *adding* the metadata is not accepted. Even if it's not intended to use it thoroughly in packages. regards, Erich -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE3p92iMrPBP64GmxZCu7JB1Xae1oFAl5l3yoACgkQCu7JB1Xa e1p/0BAAmJharWvb4WO/GCC5a5Jqg/DtFmN6TYA7IsB6y+2Pb226ekCdjPlgBvmp IaSf21y0TAeApvVf6VQvbIztLs/x+GjOtHiVxlNkQMlF3zkux0yBvEADjgso6kfQ BAMqGNbwI5pG45eyUoi4oKCGdS7tFBcHEwYRdld4QGtmUXZ2SL1Jp0aBdGs8THwh IETrwLMz+FqooJtBTemtZj01YEyPFlPD+Q2qXSgkTvj9yQFdWI/2JngyAYHCXUyZ wK951u7ZWt3419qKd6DISwubqAaxjL7l1TZb5AuwMSeHlOLV98/56MhxCdDkj48d xu69GPpwbV+FqVhto69K8LknAkv0knb/CcE/WDUwx2SrGdSm8u85eBIFvDPYc0dW bbKmNfkBKUvjTUJFxMSHDpHIPDXZ+CRA4vikgnhfdnOgloG+tsAAgPUKEhfXLKyQ APLsTNlRxAb+9ULHHifDEidsUCtFo9Tc6Qx/qu1FUKWY1FemDKuYEtymJD+FdL1j 1dM8P2xMnHwgrFYvemrufCcoc0hiURRSvTnb9EXqzRMZJia10vdX33kPElWHYmZL dKwcIm5GHf5C1GdtebNTFmqWxLe/lyyhAqfCiMILFT/F3RI0n/sKw7RTz4AI1JZf dezNZqWU3AXTutiWpneFLgwjmFtAuLwIL25AubJmzBhvgzvyYCk= =Mcz4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----