ktorrent adds kdm - Re: Orphaning packages

Jaroslav Reznik jreznik at redhat.com
Fri Aug 28 07:55:07 UTC 2009


On Thursday 27 August 2009 18:34:38 Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:14:43 -0400, Ben wrote:
>
> [KDE X session file]
>
> > So your issue is that kdebase-workspace puts it there, but it's
> > not complete, so it shouldn't?
>
> Well, in case installing ktorrent shall drag in the packages
> for a complete KDE desktop, the current dependencies are incomplete.
> Some packages are missing.
>
> Alternatively, ktorrent shall drag in only what's really needed.
> Would be tons better for the "Install KDE app on GNOME desktop"
> scenario.

That's what we are fighting on the other side of barricade - sometimes Gnome 
stuff brings so many strange dependencies. There's only one solution - report 
bug, defend it with arguments, it's not only about splitting but provides, 
etc... But sometimes status quo wins ;-)

Jaroslav
 
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