From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28192 invoked from network); 22 Oct 2004 13:10:06 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 22 Oct 2004 13:10:06 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CKzBF-00025v-UD for arch-gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:10:05 +0000 Received: (qmail 1568 invoked by uid 89); 22 Oct 2004 13:10:04 +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 30752 invoked from network); 22 Oct 2004 13:10:04 +0000 From: John Nilsson To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200410222024.52796.jstubbs@gentoo.org> References: <4176E087.7090909@libero.it> <200410211919.37224.luke-jr@utopios.org> <200410221008.08505.pauldv@gentoo.org> <200410222024.52796.jstubbs@gentoo.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-7AVdDDkVH7xq+pmWQ//R" Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:11:34 +0200 Message-Id: <1098450694.2173.7.camel@newkid.milsson.nu> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.0 Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Conary X-Archives-Salt: 5a4283fc-cf6f-4bc3-bba3-0e2f2e44a1ca X-Archives-Hash: b16f822317ddaa83ed6689efad6501e1 --=-7AVdDDkVH7xq+pmWQ//R Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Portage really needs to know this anyway to be able to sort out possible=20 > breakage when things are upgraded. Sure, everything can be scanned but th= at=20 > is very time-consuming and thus a PITA for the end-user. >=20 > Remember that the packages, once installed, are always binary and any cha= nge=20 > to versions are just as likely to cause breakage within the installed sys= tem=20 > regardless of how the new packages are installed. >=20 > Regards, > Jason Stubbs This just as good a time as any time to bring this up: The portage tree is getting larger and there is already talk about making portage support download on demand... or something like that. Why not express the dependency as an RDF graph? A dependency statement would be a complete uri. This would also remove the need to maintain a single package namespace. -John --=-7AVdDDkVH7xq+pmWQ//R Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBeQcG0GAlrvwEkG4RAjYpAKCeRsgDhqBlv5HcLDeKcKSWwqRWlQCfQ+uK wDAflxIf3QAN0G6JUtdF7z0= =seNw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-7AVdDDkVH7xq+pmWQ//R--