Re: [IDEA]: extended task selecter for woody
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> writes:
Ben> I'm not sure exactly what plans are held for woody. But I had
Ben> a thought for a simple extension to the task
Ben> selecter. Basically it would allow you to open a tree for
Ben> each task and manually select/unselect each package that the
Ben> task depends on. If not all of the packages under a task are
Ben> selected, then the task package itself is not installed (just
Ben> the selected sub packages).
Ben> Thoughts, comments?
That goes into the direction I'd like the task-selector (and maybe the
whole package selection process) to go.
I'd love to see a lot more flexibility and, well, intelligence. Most
task packages are too f***ing huge (I complained about the
task-python-dev which includes *everything* that in any way has to do
with python development...)
A hierarchy of `pseudo' (virtual's taken, dammit) packages would be
good. So python-dev could contain (yes, I like Daniel's `component'
ideas) python-dev-web, python-dev-palm, python-dev-gtk and so on.
I need to put this down on paper (or, rather, HD space ;-)...
BTW, is there any existing proposal for this stuff? Or anything that
approaches one?
Bye, J
PS: I do all my stuff in Python now, but I don't have task-python-dev
installed... why would I need `pyrite' (I don't have a Pilot)?
- --
Jürgen A. Erhard eMail: jae@ilk.de phone: (GERMANY) 0721 27326
My WebHome: http://members.tripod.com/Juergen_Erhard
GTK - Free X Toolkit (http://www.gtk.org)
pros do it for money -- amateurs out of love.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Use Mailcrypt and GnuPG <http://www.gnupg.org/>
iEYEARECAAYFAjjBmyMACgkQN0B+CS56qs1ZjQCeP/pcUss6hX298GEmr7C8KY+f
0c0An2t/oy7d9NthstyWMUlPMUDWtozd
=JV/y
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Reply to: