Dependency

Hi All,

Today I was installing a package on my Suse which was around 2.3 MB.I used
Yast for that and found that there were 104 dependencies roughly 168
MB!!!!...which i promptly accepted.But my question is

" Today we say there should be less coupling and more cohesion "

I find Linux a great open source operating system especially Suse.I ditched
my windows and started using it but then the above problem arises once in a
blue moon.

So why all the dependencies...when one module/software has to be changed or
a new one is to be incorporated we have to change all the existing ones in
the above case.Doesn't this hamper our progress? Is there a solution to this
?


thanks,

SMS


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