On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 12:05:50AM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > Second, there is the famous... TADA ! Packages file size ! > While this shouldn't be a limit for what we package, we can't increase > its size indefinitely. This one of the reasons why the gnome applets > were put in a single package. I think the dockapps problem is a good > example to think about what to do with the Packages file : we can "save" > tens of packages by using bundles, or increase their number by a score. > So we have to decide now what to do : either we begin to save some > packages to avoid a too big Packages file, or we find NOW another way of > downloading the debs list. If we keep the things the way they are going, > APT will probably be unusable in sarge+1. The main difference is that gnome-applets does not contain 30 clocks, 20 network status applets, 35 battery status applets... while OTOH your package system will end up in a complete set of clocks... to use 1 or not at the end. I would go, in any case, for a set of complete dockapps, keeping 1 or 2 of the different areas, but not more. Or even a metapackage which lets you select from different clocks/net status apps/battery status/... and installs the ones you select. Could be text based, or using a graphical frontend my .02 euros. -- Jesus Climent | Unix System Admin | Helsinki, Finland. http://www.HispaLinux.es/~data/ | data.pandacrew.org ------------------------------------------------------ Please, encrypt mail address to me: GnuPG ID: 86946D69 FP: BB64 2339 1CAA 7064 E429 7E18 66FC 1D7F 8694 6D69 ------------------------------------------------------ Registered Linux user #66350 Debian 3.0 & Linux 2.4.19 Don't "Sir" me young man, you have no idea who you're dealing with. --Kay (Men in Black)
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