{"thread":{"id":"6482","subject":"Git-bug: Dependency of curl","startedAt":"2007-01-22T21:36:26Z","lastAt":"2007-01-23T21:27:13Z","messageCount":4,"participants":["Rune Zedeler","James Purser"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"32350","messageId":"45B52E5A.1050706@daimi.au.dk","threadId":"6482","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Git-bug: Dependency of curl","fromName":"Rune Zedeler","fromEmail":"rz@daimi.au.dk","sentAt":"2007-01-22T21:36:26Z","receivedAt":"2007-01-22T21:36:26Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"rz@daimi.au.dk","avatar":null},"body":"On ubuntu, git is missing a dependency on curl.\n\n-Rune\n"},{"id":"32358","messageId":"1169515666.5868.26.camel@localhost","threadId":"6482","inReplyTo":"45B52E5A.1050706@daimi.au.dk","subject":"Re: Git-bug: Dependency of curl","fromName":"James Purser","fromEmail":"purserj@k-sit.com","sentAt":"2007-01-23T01:27:46Z","receivedAt":"2007-01-23T01:27:46Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"purserj@k-sit.com","avatar":null},"body":"On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 22:36 +0100, Rune Zedeler wrote:\n> On ubuntu, git is missing a dependency on curl.\n> \n> -Rune\n> -\n\nHi Rune,\n\nI've brought this to the notice of the Ubuntu guys (via Launchpad etc).\nFrom what I can understand the way they've got it setup is as a\n\"recommended\" rather than \"required\" download.\n-- \nJames Purser\nProducer/Presenter - Open Source On The Air\nA LocalFOSS Production\nhttp://www.localfoss.org\nirc: #localfoss on irc.freenode.net\n"},{"id":"32360","messageId":"45B57896.9050600@daimi.au.dk","threadId":"6482","inReplyTo":"1169515666.5868.26.camel@localhost","subject":"Re: Git-bug: Dependency of curl","fromName":"Rune Zedeler","fromEmail":"rz@daimi.au.dk","sentAt":"2007-01-23T02:53:10Z","receivedAt":"2007-01-23T02:53:10Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"rz@daimi.au.dk","avatar":null},"body":"James Purser wrote:\n\n> I've brought this to the notice of the Ubuntu guys (via Launchpad etc).\n> From what I can understand the way they've got it setup is as a\n> \"recommended\" rather than \"required\" download.\n\nOkay, thanks.\nAs curl is commonly used with git, and ubuntu-users (yours truly \nincluded) are not used to packages not working out of the box, it would \nbe nice with a more pedagogical error message if you try to use git with \ncurl and curl is not installed.\n\n-Rune\n"},{"id":"32453","messageId":"1169587633.5926.1.camel@localhost","threadId":"6482","inReplyTo":"45B57896.9050600@daimi.au.dk","subject":"Re: Git-bug: Dependency of curl","fromName":"James Purser","fromEmail":"purserj@k-sit.com","sentAt":"2007-01-23T21:27:13Z","receivedAt":"2007-01-23T21:27:13Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"purserj@k-sit.com","avatar":null},"body":"On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 03:53 +0100, Rune Zedeler wrote:\n> James Purser wrote:\n> \n> > I've brought this to the notice of the Ubuntu guys (via Launchpad etc).\n> > From what I can understand the way they've got it setup is as a\n> > \"recommended\" rather than \"required\" download.\n> \n> Okay, thanks.\n> As curl is commonly used with git, and ubuntu-users (yours truly \n> included) are not used to packages not working out of the box, it would \n> be nice with a more pedagogical error message if you try to use git with \n> curl and curl is not installed.\n> \n> -Rune\n\nI agree, at the moment I'm on ubuntu (considering a move to something\nelse) and for the moment, I'm actually running from the bleeding edge\n(git pull every week or so).\n-- \nJames Purser\nK-sit.com\nhttp://k-sit.com\nSIP: 1234@k-sit.com\nMob: 0406 576 553\n"}]}