On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 11:37:26AM +0100, KatolaZ wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 08:16:06PM -0700, James Powell wrote:
> > I never said it was set in stone.
> >
> > All I suggested was if you install a package like SDL, then you install all of SDL, not just part of it. This reduces overhead of making multiple packages, simplifies the distribution, and makes the work of the package maintainer easier.
> >
>
> Again, I don't see why I should have ALL the stuff that comes with
> sdl, including tons of header files, bindings for python, perl, ocaml,
> libs with debugging symbols and so forth if my application just needs
> libsdl1.2....

Agree.

Should there be an easy way to find all those other things if one only knows
one is using libsdl1.2....?

-- hendrik