From: Colin Kingsley <ckingsley@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Hello
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:36:48 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <13cc2f7804101214361fd7b096@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <416C45F0.4000001@sendmail.com>
On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:00:32 -0700, ashish gawarikar
<ashish@sendmail.com> wrote:
> That is the exactly why I doing this. We plan to deploy the packages
> included that have right interdependencies.
Portage handles dependencies. You dont need to install everything in
one package to satisfy deps, thats what the DEPEND variable is for.
> The advantage of doing this is viz:
>
> 1. QA has to test one huge download and dont have to test different
> scenarios.
What?
> 2. You exactly know what packages you are getting in this download
No better than you would if you did things kde-base style.
> 3. You have to issue one-and-only-one command for upgrade
Already the case. I think portage is a lot more advanced than you realise.
But maybe I misunderstand you.
Colin
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-12 18:56 [gentoo-portage-dev] Hello Ashish Gawarikar
2004-10-12 19:10 ` George Shapovalov
2004-10-12 20:02 ` Ashish Gawarikar
2004-10-12 20:37 ` George Shapovalov
2004-10-12 21:00 ` ashish gawarikar
2004-10-12 21:26 ` Nick Dimiduk
2004-10-12 21:36 ` Colin Kingsley [this message]
2004-10-13 0:46 ` George Shapovalov
2004-10-13 0:58 ` George Shapovalov
2004-10-12 23:09 ` George Prowse
2004-10-13 7:57 ` Paul de Vrieze
2004-10-12 20:06 ` Paul de Vrieze
2004-10-12 20:40 ` Marius Mauch
2004-10-13 9:43 ` Sven Vermeulen
2004-10-13 10:04 ` Paul de Vrieze
2004-10-13 12:22 ` Marius Mauch
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2011-05-31 20:38 [gentoo-portage-dev] hello ferringb
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