15 Apr
2004
15 Apr
'04
2:31 p.m.
On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 10:23, Jim Fulton wrote:
Each separately distributed package will have a DEPENDENCIES.cfg that is created by hand and that *constrains* dependencies on other packages. It makes explicit the intended dependencies. Dependencies not listed here are bugs. Adding depenencies to this file should be considered a big deal.
That's very comforting! I like that it forces developers to be deliberate when adding cross-subpackage dependencies. -Barry