Re: Hehe:) extra dependency: libnotify

[Rodney Dawes <dobey novell com>]

Yes, it is fine to make it an optional dependency. A lot of existing
modules use libnotify as an optional dependency. It might be a good idea
to push the release team to include libnotify in the desktop, or use it
as an approved dependency, as well.

-- dobey


On Sat, 2006-10-28 at 23:17 +0100, Sergey Udaltsov wrote:
> Thomas,
> 
> I checked jhbuild - it lists "libnotify" as <after> in the "evolution"
> section. Is it a possible for the optional dependency?
> 
> I do not mind making this dependency optional - I just would like to
> understand the whole picture.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Sergey
> 
> On 10/28/06, Thomas Wood <thos gnome org> wrote:
> > Sergey Udaltsov wrote:
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > There is a sensible idea to replace "system keyboard configuration
> > > changed" warning dialog with the notification bubble:
> > > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358048.
> > >
> > > Any objections to adding libnotify dependency to g-c-c?
> >
> > As far as I can tell, libnotify is not an approved external dependency,
> > nor an approved module of GNOME, so this can't happen without approval
> > from the release team.
> >
> > However, I think it's perfectly valid to add this as an optional
> > dependency if you wanted. Make sure you add it to the <suggests> section
> > of gnome-control-center in the jhbuild moduleset if you do.
> >
> > -Thomas
> >
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