On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 06:56:23PM +0100, Han Boetes wrote:
It's not a matter of balance. kde doesn't need openldap and cups to build. But if you have ldap and cups installed before you build kde you will get support for it.
On the other hand if you want to use prt-get depinstall kde you will install stuff you don't want to have and you don't need, so you have to manually compile the package which names the dependencies.
Fortunately prt-get does have an --ignore feature, but it does not mean everyone will *always* remember to check what will be installed, if there is something undesirable listed as a dependency.
In my opinion it would be nice if prt-get would ask if you want to install "Nice to have:" dependencies if he finds them. And to avoid questioning you can set an option to automatically say yes or no.
In my opinion, prt-get should simply state that the author of a port may also recommend dependencies xyz. This could be discussed though, see if there is a larger demand from other users. So far, I am not for or against a feature based on what you have stated.