Re: New and Obsolete
Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>
> > - For a new package there should be a little new graphic
> > - For an obsolete package there should be a little "x" (or something
> > like that)
>
> Okay, how on earth are we going to do this :>
>
> The only thing I can think of is to keep a list of all previous packages
> and match that list against the new list when new packages are downloaded.
>
> But this will mean that if you lose a package file then everything will
> become obsolete!
>
> How long will the state of 'new' last? Only for one load or until a new
> packages file is pulled down?
>
> Any thoughts on this?
Yes. In fact there have been many discussions about this on
Debian-devel at the time that I released my UI spec. I'd have to go
back over my message logs.
I wanted to do it such that if a package didn't appear anywhere in any
archive in your source list that it was marked obsolete (just for the
current session). That doesn't mean that it's deleted or the suggestion
is even made that it's removed. It's just marked obsolete.
This mechanism was met with a lot of friction. Most people would prefer
a more hands on approach. Either a new header "Obsoleted by:
<packagename>" or a file on the debian archive (a bit like Packages.gz)
that lists all obsolete packages currently in the archive. Personally I
think both of these later two mechanisms could coexist quite nicely
together.
Later,
Behan
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