From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16484 invoked from network); 12 Oct 2004 22:08:32 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 12 Oct 2004 22:08:32 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CHUop-00000v-Ha for arch-gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 22:08:31 +0000 Received: (qmail 13785 invoked by uid 89); 12 Oct 2004 22:08:30 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-portage-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-portage-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 6183 invoked from network); 12 Oct 2004 22:08:29 +0000 From: George Prowse To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <416C45F0.4000001@sendmail.com> References: <416C28E4.4050801@sendmail.com> <200410121210.15546.george@gentoo.org> <416C3857.9030109@sendmail.com> <200410121337.20556.george@gentoo.org> <416C45F0.4000001@sendmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1097622550.7447.6.camel@leviathon.gateway.2wire.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 23:09:10 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Hello X-Archives-Salt: a660e75e-07a4-498f-bed5-18d491af3eb6 X-Archives-Hash: d520498a1038c0d744c69a1e4869d961 On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 21:00, ashish gawarikar wrote: > The advantage of doing this is viz: > > 1. QA has to test one huge download and dont have to test different > scenarios. If the dependencies that have been added to the package get updates at different times (which they invariably will) then as soon as you install it you will already have an out-of date system and have to revert back to portage to update, you may as well have used portage to begin with > 2. You exactly know what packages you are getting in this download The exact dependency packages that you are getting are already listed in the ebuild > 3. You have to issue one-and-only-one command for upgrade You can already just update all the packages on your system with 1 command. -- George Prowse -- gentoo-portage-dev@gentoo.org mailing list