From: Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu>
To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: perl_base not in Base ?
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 09:25:35 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6f6dc496-455e-792a-b7d0-a65011bbaadf@cornell.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fd3b3849-2525-52e0-418a-e00031d42ec5@Nexgo.DE>
On 12/29/2021 3:51 AM, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Am 28.12.2021 um 11:57 schrieb Marco Atzeri:
>> I had the impression it was in the Base category
>>
>> @ perl_base
>> sdesc: "Perl programming language interpreter"
>> ldesc: "Perl programming language interpreter
>
> That split was indeed made to enable making it available for Base packages, but
> that decision was never made I think.
It makes sense to me to add it to Base. Were there any objections when that was
proposed before?
>> Or is it supposed to be pulled by another Base program ?
>
> Base packages should not pull in non-Base packages, but it appears that info
> currently fails that requirement.
A lot of packages fail that requirement. I don't think it should be a
requirement. To me, Base packages are those that we've decided should be in
every Cygwin installation. If that forces other packages to be installed, so be it.
Ken
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-29 14:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-28 10:57 Marco Atzeri
2021-12-29 8:51 ` Achim Gratz
2021-12-29 14:25 ` Ken Brown [this message]
2021-12-29 14:36 ` Marco Atzeri
2021-12-29 16:12 ` Jon Turney
2021-12-30 10:38 ` Achim Gratz
2021-12-30 13:34 ` Ken Brown
2021-12-30 10:36 ` Achim Gratz
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