Re: A new round of dependencies

    package managers of Linux distributions generally differentiate 
    from hard and soft dependencies (Debian has even three levels 

Yes, I am aware.

I suppose we could insert the soft deps into tlpdb and then have a tlmgr
option like --with-soft-dependencies to follow them.

    But I guess this would be a lot of dev, 

Right. At least, it involves several levels of work.

    while human ressources are likely already scarce and better spent on
    other LaTeX projects.

Right. --thanks, karl.