[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] pacman 3.2.1-2, pacman-mirrorlist

[Daenyth Blank]

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 06:01, Pierre Chapuis <catwell at archlinux.us> wrote:
> Le Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:03:03 +0200,
> "Grigorios Bouzakis" <grbzks at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> May i ask why pacman requires pacman-mirrorlist and not the other way
>> around? Pacman can operate without a mirrorlist. Pacman-mirrorlist can
>> not operate without pacman..
>
> Agreed, but I think a lot of users would forget to install if it weren't a dep. of pacman. Maybe pacman should be renamed something like pacman-core and both of them added to a "pacman" group?
I really dislike this idea a lot. I think it's fine either way with
depends really. Having the mirrorlist depend on pacman may be more
correct, but it would confuse some people, so it's a tossup IMO.