[Fedora-packaging] Requires(hint):

[Panu Matilainen]

On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Remi Collet wrote:

> Jason L Tibbitts III a écrit :
>> I've seen packages using Requires(hint): and testing shows that
>> currently this is handled no differently from a regular Requires:.
>
> Using this have one usefull purpose : documentation.

Abusing bugs in software for documentation purposes? Lets not...

> Ok, we can also use
>
> # Optional dependency
> Requires: foo

Yes, that's what comments are for.

 	- Panu -