Imlib2 (was: Re: Request for review: Enlightenment DR17 + EFL)

[Nicolas Mailhot]

Le lundi 30 mai 2005 à 11:21 +0200, Michael Schwendt a écrit :
> On Mon, 30 May 2005 09:43:22 +0200 (CEST), Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> 
> > > On Mon, 30 May 2005 10:31:05 +0800, Didier Casse wrote:
> > 
> > >> The principle of splitting is not to download the whole thing. What do
> > >> you propose as an alternative?
> > 
> > Have a package with the core loaders and one or several for rarely used
> > loaders. Add a virtual per loader and use it in other specs. Move loaders
> > from optional to core as the actual use changes.
> 
> Would that be worthwhile? Effectively, you would need to revisit all
> dependencies regularly, as whether they add/remove usage of more loaders
> or filters, and then flip the virtual dependencies accordingly.

If the loader packages are really complex this is a good way to isolate
its changes from the rest of the system. Now that's a compromise like
everyone else - I just wanted to point out you had alternatives other
than "a package per loader" or "a package for all the loaders"

Regards,,

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot
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