[pkg-discuss] headers or not (Re: SVR4 classes re-born simpler? (Re: Some thoughts on optional and variant package components))

[Tom Mueller (pkg-discuss)]

Bart,
In the facet and variants design, would it make sense to allow a package 
to declare a dependency on the image having a certain facet? This would 
allow packages containing compilers, Dtrace, etc. to declare that 
headers need to be installed.

When a package with that type of dependency is installed, it would go 
back through all of the existing packages and pick up the actions that 
match the required facet, if those actions aren't already installed.

Tom