Re: What do you wish for in an package manager?

[Petr Èech <cech@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>]

On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 10:47:00PM -0600, Dwayne C . Litzenberger wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I'm starting work on a new linux package manager.  The idea is to be able to
> replace rpm, dpkg, apt, dselect (backend) with one,written mostly from scratch
> and designed to be as simple (code, not features) and clean as possible.  For
> now, the work will be strictly academic, but if it works out, it may evolve
> into future standard package manager.
> 
> So my question is: What do you wish for in a package manager?

dpkg + something to handle package splits/merges a bit more sanely.
netbase split to XXX packages

php4-cgi-gd and php4-gd merges. How to handle upgrade of php4-cgi-gd to
php4-gd?

or some kind of a "dummy" package, which installes and after install it
auto-magicaly dissappears.

					Petr Cech