On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:19:43 +0100 Ciaran McCreesh <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:14:40 +0200 > Michał Górny <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:03:28 +0100 > > Ciaran McCreesh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Have you seen how Exherbo solved the same problem? exheres-0 has > > > 'suggested' and 'recommended' dependencies, which are variations > > > on post dependencies. Suggested dependencies are displayed (along > > > with a description explaining what they do for the packages > > > suggesting them) but not taken by default, and recommended > > > dependencies are taken (but shown as just being recommended) > > > unless the user says not to. > > > > Seems to me like just another configuration file for user to cope > > with. > > You obviously didn't pay attention, since the configuration file is > the least relevant bit of the whole thing. If you really think that > too many configuration files is a bigger problem than making > reinstalls suddenly not reinstall stuff, though, then tracking > not-taken suggestions is trivial. > > Having real world experience with all of this, I can assure you that > configuration files are not what cause user difficulties. Ah, I missed the point of not having to rebuild packages. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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