On Sun, Jan 01, 2006 at 04:33:42AM +1030, Tim wrote: > Tim: > >> Surely this is a stupid dependency? It's supposedly *optional* whether > >> you use anti-spam filtering in Evolution (I've never allowed it's junk > >> mail checking), why should it *have* to be present? > > > John Summerfied: > > So you _can_ use the filtering. > > Then, if I want to, I can load the required files onto my system. > > It's as daft as having to install 100 dictionaries for a spell checker, > because it insists. Never mind that you only speak one language. We > had that silliness with Gaim a while back, insisting on you installing > some optional spell checker - made all the more worse by the difficulty > in finding the package it needed. > Or the use of --nodeps can allow you to install or remove one rpm without dealing with others that depend on it. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
