On Fri 08 Aug 2003 16:56, Quel Qun posted as excerpted below: > What is the point of splitting if everything is needed? If kcharselect > is broken, I can force the others and keep the old kcharselect? But will > it still work with the new libs?
This is splitting for the other end of the chain, I believe. IOW, once all split out and the various dependencies worked out so there are no longer issues there, it will allow an update to an individual program and an individual rpm, w/o having to update a "monster size" rpm with all the other non-updated programs in it as we have to do now with kde. It would also, for those that know what they are doing, allow a pick&choose on the install side as well, with folks being able to install pieces where they now install everything. Thus, as in the kdm/mdkkdm threads, one could install substitutes or none, tho that might mean forcing the install. In that case, one wouldn't use kdebase, say, but the individual kdebase-konqueror, kdebase-konsole, etc. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
