Re: New approach to obsolete packages
hi again
On Tue, Feb 09, 1999 at 11:38:57AM -0500, Mitch Blevins wrote:
> Andrea Mennucc1 wrote:
> > Mitch Blevins wrote:
> > >
> > > In foo.debian-devel, you wrote:
> > > > We've had a number of cases now where it would be convenient to have a
> > > > package that removes itself after successful installation. ...
> > > > Self-Destruct: Yes
> > > >
> > > > This tells dpkg to automatically remove the package if nothing else
> > > > depends on it.
> > > > ...
> > >
> > > Isn't this the same functionality provided by the propposed 'Auto'
> > > flag in Deity?
> >
> > no it is completely different: consider the example:
> > [...]
> > for the first case , you need an "Obsolete" flag
> > for the second, you need a "Auto" flag
>
> I see... since they don't serve the same function, then it would be
> okay to have both an Auto flag and a Self-Destruct flag?
why not?
btw do you suppose that the APT people will read the discussion, or should we
email to them?
> > [...]
> > well, IMHO the decision of removing an obsolete package should be
> > proposed anyway to the ordinary end user, somehow
>
> I think that I agree with you on that now.
perfect
I hope that someone will make something of all these
bye and thanks for the discussion
--
Andrea C. Mennucci, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy
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