Re: COmments on the task packages
On 17-Sep-99 Martin Bialasinski wrote:
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> * "Sean" == Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <shaleh@valinux.com> wrote:
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> Sean> Apt will only grab depends, but later dselect will then give
> Sean> more options. And hopefully the next generation package helper
> Sean> (whatever it may be) will as well.
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> I am afraid, it might confuse users that you get different results
> when using dselect instead of apt-get or in the first installation.
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> Installing a task package should result in a deterministic, equal
> result, no matter how you install it.
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> Maybe I see this as a too big problem, and we should use more than
> Depends?
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> On the other side: Is a package really relevant for a task if it
> doesn't fit into the Depends category?
>
Ok, many laptop users take their laptops from place to place. So
netenv/dhcp/divine solve this issue. However, if it is a depends, one can not
choose. Nor can they remove task-laptop later, w/o losing the other packages.
Now many a better attack would be task-mobile. However it still limits my
choice to one of the items (likely dhcp).
This is another reason why replaces: would be helpful. Say that you want to
change a machine's purpose. Install a new task, old packages go away.
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