Re: "super" pkgs (was Re: Back to RedHat)

[Michael Stone <mstone@itri.loyola.edu>]

Quoting Federico Di Gregorio (fog@pcamb6.irfmn.mnegri.it):
> Yes. The problem of super-packages is that if you install, say, 20
> normal packages by a single "click", you expect to remove them the
> same way... Maybe we need to update dpkg/apt anyway...

It wouldn't hurt to add that, but I think it can be done in a compatible
manner. That is, new versions of apt could support some kind of removal
option, but super packages would still work in older systems.

Mike Stone