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dragly is offline dragly
2010-08-19 , 00:43
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#462
Originally Posted by lardman View Post
I know the deps are the wrong way around, but no-one can use a plugin on its own so no worries there, and this will mean that all the plugins are installed to begin with, and all but one can be removed without any dpkg problems.
I agree. It doesn't really matter if the dependencies are the wrong way around. If circular dependencies break, it is better to let the user install unusable libraries than to have most users be unable to use the application because no relevant plugins are installed automatically.

Providing a splash screen telling the user how to install the plugins does not seem user friendly at all to me. Especially since the application manager is slow when installing multiple packages by hand.
 

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