[pkg-fso-maint] openmoko-panel-plugin and notifications

[Joachim Breitner]

Hi,

Am Donnerstag, den 06.11.2008, 20:15 +0100 schrieb Christian Adams:
> actually python-notify should not be a dependency .. at least this is  
> what i had in mind
> python-notify should only be required when you (the user) wants  
> notifications displayed by
> either notification-daemon or notification-damon-xfce (so one of  
> these also _has_ to be
> installed to see the notifications ;))
> 
> i propose python-notify & (notification-daemon | notification-daemon- 
> xfce) as recommendations and not as dependencies

I think it is better to have python-notify as a dependency. If not,
people will install openmoko-panel-plugin, think „hey, wouldn’t it be
great to have notifications“ and install notification-daemon – but it
won’t work.

There is already the cut in between python-notify and
notification-daemon, in the sense that python-notify does not depend on
the daemon. That should be enough.

It would be like requiring frameworkd not depend on a logging module,
unless the user enables logging – not completely absurd, but just not
the principle of the least surprise.

Greetings,
Joachim
-- 
Joachim "nomeata" Breitner
Debian Developer
  nomeata at debian.org | ICQ# 74513189 | GPG-Keyid: 4743206C
  JID: nomeata at joachim-breitner.de | http://people.debian.org/~nomeata
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 197 bytes
Desc: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
Url : http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-fso-maint/attachments/20081106/103c24fb/attachment.pgp