Attn: libxml2 maintainer - incorrect dependency

[Max Bowsher]

Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> Hallo Max,
>
> Am Freitag, 25. Juni 2004 um 15:58 schriebst du:
>
>> libxml2 is marked as depending on python.
>
>> However, it is perfectly possible to use the libxml2 dll from C code
>> without python.
>
>> Yes, the libxml2 package does also include some python stuff, but
>> it shouldn't force python to be installed.
>
> We should have a global rule for those issues.  It would be perfect
> if I could remove those kind of dependencies, e.g. it would be
> possible to include plugins for programs that are not available via
> the cygwin mirrors, i.e. I think of perl modules like e.g DBD::MySql
> or DBD::Oracle (which would be nice to have).

I don't understand what you are talking about?

I'm not talking about any dependencies not on the cygwin mirrors - all I'm saying is that libxml2 does not depend on python, but
currently lists python in its "requires:" line, which should therefore be removed.

Max.