New comment by williamdes on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/44946#issuecomment-1669181521 Comment: > Why not: > > `depends=">php7.1.3 mariadb"` > > or maybe: > > `depends="php mariadb"` > > When no version is given version is set to `>=0` according to the [manual](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/blob/master/Manual.md#optional_vars) and _not_ the same as when _installing_ it without version. Let me add one more case, you should suggest MariaDB not force to install it. People can often? have remove databases, and having one run for nothing is way worse. Having depends on php and not forcing any version looks good to me