From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29814 invoked from network); 12 Oct 2004 21:36:53 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 12 Oct 2004 21:36:53 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CHUKA-0006LV-AO for arch-gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:36:51 +0000 Received: (qmail 14386 invoked by uid 89); 12 Oct 2004 21:36:49 +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 20541 invoked from network); 12 Oct 2004 21:36:48 +0000 Message-ID: <13cc2f7804101214361fd7b096@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:36:48 -0400 From: Colin Kingsley Reply-To: Colin Kingsley To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <416C45F0.4000001@sendmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <416C28E4.4050801@sendmail.com> <200410121210.15546.george@gentoo.org> <416C3857.9030109@sendmail.com> <200410121337.20556.george@gentoo.org> <416C45F0.4000001@sendmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Hello X-Archives-Salt: a63bbe2f-b094-4d89-9ae9-cfa81d8557a5 X-Archives-Hash: 1558b215ea2ea39992ba4e13ac97829c On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:00:32 -0700, ashish gawarikar 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 -- gentoo-portage-dev@gentoo.org mailing list