Request and Question about pkgconfig and related pkgs

Hello,

I would like to make a request and ask a question
about pkgconfig.

1. Why don't you remove the dependency on glib?
 `glib' is obsolete, which should be replaced with `glib2'.
 (some people hate to install glib)
 And glib or glib2 feature may be not necessary for users,
 so it is easier to simply remove it than to switch to glib2.

2. Is "Depends: pkgconfig" good?
 Some packages, for example shared-mime-info and gtk-doc, Depends
 (not BuildDepends) on pkgconfig, just because the packages contain
 *.pc files. I don't think they truly `Depends' on pkgconfig...
 The packages in debian don't depend on pkgconfig, see:
  http://packages.debian.org/sid/shared-mime-info
  http://packages.debian.org/sid/gtk-doc-tools
 If the dependency on pkgconfig is not necessary, it would be
 advisable to remove it from the packages.
 Could it be overkill to mark "BuildDependsOnly: True" on pkgconfig? :-}

Thanks,
Tomoaki Okayama

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