clipka wrote:
> I don't think Linux package managers will automatically 
> un-install those if you uninstall that image processing package 

Actually, Windows will do this, too. The problem is that not every installer 
will mark what dependencies it uses, so you'll often get the question "Hey, 
the DLL called <incomprehensible>.DLL looks unused, should I uninstall it?"

If some installer somewhere that someone wrote just looked to see some 
package was already installed and skipped the installation, instead of 
bumping the use count, then uninstalling X mysteriously breaks Y, which of 
course is exactly what everyone complains about on Windows.

Many, many of these problems are caused by lazy third-party programmers. 
Windows would be a lot cleaner if they only supported the latest version of 
stuff. :-) Or if MS had gotten everything right on the first try and never 
had to support the broken stuff.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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