Reverse weak dependencies in RPMFusion packages
Kevin Kofler
kevin.kofler at chello.at
Sun Sep 4 00:40:52 CEST 2016
Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On 09/03/2016 01:50 PM, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
>> Dear RPMFusion contributors!
>>
>> In light of https://fedorahosted.org/council/ticket/61 and
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/Third_party_software_proposal
>> should we start adding Supplements: or Enhances: weak dependencies
>> to, say, ffmpeg and other packages?
>
> IMHO, no. This decision is severe mistake.
Why? This use case is exactly what the reverse versions are for. The Fedora
repository should not know about RPM Fusion, RPM Fusion should know about
Fedora. So why should Fedora carry the weak dependencies on RPM Fusion
packages?
Kevin Kofler
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