On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 02:17:10PM -0800, John Gilmore wrote: > > > One disadvantage of doing this is that it would harm the use of > > > olpc-update -- pristine updates would fail. And also the software > > > would be silently lost when an olpc-update happens, which is now > > Good thing we reinvented the wheel here. RPM packaging was too > complete and flexible for kids or teachers (or school administrators). > They're so much better off NOT being able to install any of 5,000 > packages freely contributed by talented programmers all over the > world.
Yes, it would have been much better to contribute to RPM development in a way that would support rollback to previous version (with the square game key), and gradual download and update that is only committed on reboot. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
