RE: tlug: X resolution / color depth

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Stone <sstone@example.com> writes:

    Scott> On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Matt Gushee wrote:

    >> So my idea of a more sensible approach would be to divide the
    >> dependencies into 'required' and 'recommended' types. Then if

    Scott> I like the idea.  Unfortunately, I kind of need to wait for
    Scott> Redhat to do this, since if *I* did it, I'd cause all sorts
    Scott> of compatibility problems in TurboLinux with RPMs which
    Scott> weren't built with this field..

Debian has had this for _years_.  What's more, it's quite
fine-grained.  You can even "prerequire" a package without which the
setup tools won't run.  (Eg, perl, if your install scrpts are perl.)

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