On Monday 23 August 2004 15:09, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> If the package is in system, it should not DEPEND on it *unless* it
> requires a specific version or specific package (in the case of a
> virtual).

I disagree.  Making sure that packages have as accurate a list of DEPENDs as 
possible can only make life easier when porting Gentoo to userlands that are 
not Linux.

Besides, it's good SCM behaviour.

Best regards,
Stu
-- 
Stuart Herbert                                              stuart@gentoo.org
Gentoo Developer                                       http://www.gentoo.org/
                                                   http://stu.gnqs.org/diary/

GnuPG key id# F9AFC57C available from http://pgp.mit.edu
Key fingerprint = 31FB 50D4 1F88 E227 F319  C549 0C2F 80BA F9AF C57C
--