From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HXzwD-0006we-TM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:17:42 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l31DFigN014792; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 13:15:44 GMT Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l31DDRIe011772 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 13:13:27 GMT Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 865462110E4 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 09:13:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 01 Apr 2007 09:13:27 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: TbxstxxkG/05c7aoFP+Q56YGJa6/M/vlJo5BiF6zyzKn 1175433207 Received: from [192.168.188.1] (82-71-33-97.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.71.33.97]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3021013093 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 09:13:27 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <460FAFF4.4060901@gentoo.org> Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:13:24 +0100 From: Mike Auty User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0b2 (X11/20070309) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [soc] Python bindings for Paludis References: <200703240028.15461.peper@gentoo.org> <200703271519.29674.vapier@gentoo.org> <20070327211510.0b426e09@snowflake> <200703301404.16400.vapier@gentoo.org> <1175280152.5696.12.camel@sputnik886.lnet> <1175282932.5964.9.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.3.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 509a81a4-fda2-47d3-b07d-9d6c89bb93f8 X-Archives-Hash: 037aa8de29b96ae3546a70ed7f408e9f -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Duncan wrote: > However, now that PMS is finally about to provide what should be a > definitive description of current generation package behavior, with the > announced intention to update this with new versions into the future as > required, the dependence on portage as the reference will soon be going > away. The announced intention for this, among other things, is to allow > alternate package managers, such that it can still be clear when it's the > package broken and when it's the package manager. From what I've read of the PMS, it currently only describes the input format it would accept (namely the format for ebuild files and their contents). This question can be delayed until the PMS defines the operation of the package manager, including but not limited to the recording of installed package data. If the package managers do not agree on which packages are installed or how to uninstall them, then they are not yet interchangeable. I apologize if this point has already been raised elsewhere in the thread. I try not to get involved in threads like this, but accidentally read a reply and thought this might be a valuable response. Mike 5:) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGD6/0u7rWomwgFXoRAiT9AKCV/+YGLba3owSWEt/cbOPbyC3YrgCfbboE +oqnTwPBGzD7ORY15VwOxoo= =I3ta -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list