Richard Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Sat, 31 May 2008 21:54:03 -0400:
> but you can go one better. When paludis dies it can be asked to create > a resume script - a command line that will resume where it left off. > This will include all the packages that it hadn't yet installed. You > can edit this command line as you please and execute it. > > It isn't exactly --skipfirst, but it is better in some regards and maybe > worse in others. That's a very nice feature, indeed! I'm impressed! =8^) [snipped discussion of a feature I've no comment on] > Also - paludis's support for GLSAs is nice - paludis -i security will > install all security updates, and paludis --report will catch any > unfixed GLSAs. That's nice for folks running what to me might as well be 20th century software, stable folks who are running servers and the like and thus don't update very often. There's certainly a place for such. However, here I run all ~amd64, normally synced and updated (deep newuse world) weekly or better, and by the time the GLSAs come out, I've often been running the fixed versions for weeks already! I do still keep track of the announcements, and check versions occasionally, but only maybe once or twice a year does the GLSA come out close enough to the release of the fix that I actually have to do an upgrade based on it. Therefore, automated GLSA processing might be nice for some, just as the terrible quakes in China were literally the end of the world for some, but neither one really affects me where I live. > Again - the best package manager is situation-dependent. I'm > occasionally disappointed by some of paludis's developers (and some of > its detractors), but it is a very capable piece of software. Absolutely agreed, the best PM *IS* situation dependent. I'm also very glad Gentoo's got a wealth of three entirely different choices to choose from. Definitely following the Open Source and standardisation spirit! =8^) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman -- [email protected] mailing list
