Re: What do you wish for in an package manager?

[Federico Di Gregorio <fog@mixadlive.com>]

Scavenging the mail folder uncovered Wichert Akkerman's letter:
> Previously John Hasler wrote:
> > Undo.
> 
> dpkg will support rollback at some point, when reiserfs supports
> transactions. 

that's completely crazy. will you force anybody who wants rollback to
use raiserfs? generic applications like dpkg should be indipendent of
the fs used (as long as the fs provides an adeguate set of features, 
surely i don't ask for a full-working dpkf on vfat...)

federico

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Federico Di Gregorio
MIXAD LIVE Chief of Research & Technology              fog@mixadlive.com
Debian GNU/Linux Developer & Italian Press Contact        fog@debian.org
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