Re: package dependencies

[Ludovic Courtès]

Pjotr Prins <address@hidden> skribis:

> Thanks Ludo. I still think it could be made a little clearer from the 
> packager's 
> perspective. How about concluding it with something like:
>
> In short, to create a package, by default you should use 'inputs' for
> dependencies. Use 'native-inputs' for tools used at build-time, but
> not at runtime and use propagated-inputs when the other two do not
> suffice.

This is certainly shorter, but the problem I have with that is that it
does not accurately explain what’s going on.  The current text is
admittedly more verbose, but I think it is more accurate.

Hope that makes sense.

Ludo’.