Re: Fix for PEAR Cache_Container_db.php
| From: | Martin Jansen | Date: | Fri, 08 Nov 2002 14:29:34 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Fix for PEAR Cache_Container_db.php | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 | Groups: | php.pear.dev |
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On Fri Nov 08, 2002 at 12:5907AM +0100, Stig S. Bakken wrote:
> I am planning to introduce something called "soft dependencies". This
> is basically a dependency that lets you specify which version of X you
> need if X is installed. If X is not installed, the soft dependency does
> not apply.
While you are on it: It would be cool to have something like optional
dependencies. Basically this means that the PPM suggest during
installation that certain features of the package are only avaialable,
if package Y is installed. (Like the "recommened" packages in Debian.)
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