On Tuesday 27 December 2011 12:29:09 Maciej Mrozowski wrote: > On Wednesday 21 of December 2011 04:40:09 Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On Tuesday 20 December 2011 20:44:03 Maciej Mrozowski wrote: > > > I still think we should even make PN an unique identifier in order to > > > be able to purge categories... that's different story though... > > > > a world without categories is a *lot* worse than a world with $PN free > > collisions > > Yeah.. because? > Users of other distros seem to disagree with you however. (no other package > manager I know relies on fixed package categories and uses tags to describe > package purpose and PN-PV to identify it).
the fact that other distros are working based on their restrictions does not mean they enjoy it. flat listing package names hits collisions in the $PN which $CATEGORY has for the most part made a non-issue whereas other distros arbitrarily mangle the name. it also makes organization a lot cleaner. i've used other distros and their flat lists and makes finding stuff harder (obviously imo). > But like I said, that's different story, let's not hijack this topic. you can't open the door and shut it in the same breath :P -mike
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