Re: Bug#508230: /usr/bin/autopoint: Please make it possible, to use autopoint without cvs (fwd)

[Bruno Haible]

Michael Biebl wrote:
> Why is the dependency on CVS required then? Could you elaborate on why exactly
> you need cvs? Couldn't the required functionality be implemented differently.

'cvs' is needed so that archive.tar.gz can contain all past versions of the 
gettext
infrastructure (27 versions so far) without being larger than 1 MB. Do you know
of other compression schemes for similar sets of files that are as good?

> > If you don't install the packages necessary for execution of 'autopoint', 
> > it's
> > normal that you get a failure.
> 
> That's what the package management system should take care for me.

Yes, I agree. So it's a problem with Debian's packaging.

> >> I read the existing README file and I agree with you, that the gettext
> >> package should *not* have a dependency on cvs.
> > 
> > There is no mention of 'cvs' in gettext's README file.
> 
> I was referring to the README.Debian file
> /usr/share/doc/gettext/README.Debian

This file documents the problem with Debian's packaging. Needs to be fixed
in Debian.

Santiago, your turn.

Bruno