>I'd very much like to see Solaris avoid the mutually-exclusive >dependency horror show I saw with apt on Debian ... shortly before I >switched away. I realize the existing system doesn't support what >*everyone* wants to do, but in adding new features, we do have to be >careful to avoid wrecking existing simplicity.
It is precisely because of that that I wrote eariler that I still have to churn on this and think it through. When I go and implement something, you can be pretty certain it will be implemented such that it's backward and forward compatible, or else it won't get implemented at all. That's priority number one, and if I'm unable to extend pkgadd and friends in such a fashion, then the whole thing won't get released, period. Basically, any changes in revision/dependency checking behavior will be optional, meaning things will continue functioning as they do now. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
