linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] obsolete libcom-err for SuSE e2fsprogs

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Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:42:38 -0600
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...sterfs.com>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] obsolete libcom-err for SuSE e2fsprogs

On Sep 20, 2007  15:22 -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> I'd do this, my rpm-fu is still reasonably strong, though - I'm curious,
> is there a compelling reason to split out just libcom-err?  what about
> libuuid?  libblkid?  e2fsprogs is a bit of a grab bag of things.  What's
> the rationale for the split?

Well, I think its just "e2fsprogs needs (and largely developed) these things
and Ted doesn't want external package dependencies".  There isn't a strong
reason to have them in a single package, especially as you say there are
more external packages that begin to depend on them, and e2fsprogs
(the libext2fs, e2fsck, etc. part) shouldn't necessarily be a "required"
package.

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
Principal Software Engineer
Cluster File Systems, Inc.

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