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

[Luca Capello]

Hi there!

On Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:59:39 +0100, Joachim Breitner wrote:
> 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.

My idea was not only to move python-notify to Recommends:, but also add
a note in the Description: (*and* in upstream README):

  If you want visual notifications, please install the recommended
  packages: python-notify and notification-daemon.

In general, I am very strict about dependencies because I do not want
any unnecessary packages on my machines.  However, democracy wins and I
am aware that not every user reads documentation.

OTOH this is a minor issue, thus we can just forget it until someone
will complain again.

> 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.

Well, I, for myself, would like to be able to install frameworkd without
logging at all if the logging code and facility are not necessary for
frameworkd to work.  But this is my personal view ;-)

Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca
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