Should The RPM Have These Dependencies?

[Michael Schultheiss]

Bernie Hoefer wrote:
>      So, my question to you developer-types:  should that RPM have
> pulled in those other RPMs as dependencies?  Or, is because these
> packages are font and desktop-related and there are (I assume)
> multiple font RPMs I could have used, it was right for the developer
> to not list them as dependencies?

Whoever built the RPM should've listed all of its dependencies in the
.spec file used to generate the RPM.  Some people build and test
packages outside of a clean/base environment so dependencies aren't
always obvious.