-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bob La Quey wrote: > On 5/13/07, Stewart Stremler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> No, it can't prevent dependency hell (that's a problem with programs, >> not with systems) -- it *CAN* prevent DLL hell (or so it seems from > > IMHO your first statement is wrong. Systems are collections of > programs. Programs are collections of data (source code)
Notice he says that dependency hell is a problem with programs and not with systems. This is key to understanding his point. Stewart has a different definition of "dependency hell" than the rest of us. His idea of dependency hell is a program like Subversion which requires a dozen or two different libraries which he doesn't have installed on his ancient Solaris 2.6 box which are a pain to obtain, compile, and install since they also tend to have dependencies themselves. He seems to like programs which use no or very few libraries and those libraries should be easy to get and install. He seems to see dependency hell as a path specifically chosen by the programmer when they choose to utilize a dozen different libraries in their application. Is this more or less correct, Stewart? :) - -- Tracy R Reed Read my blog at http://ultraviolet.org Key fingerprint = D4A8 4860 535C ABF8 BA97 25A6 F4F2 1829 9615 02AD Non-GPG signed mail gets read only if I can find it among the spam. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGSS+79PIYKZYVAq0RAkrZAJ9xkuYI/rVXqORlBKKe/iMXZw9oqwCfazmf xzAZa5XjFoKgz2LmdI2yVwo= =i0LT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
