I notice that the latest 2-STABLE-20061018 release is now including the EVAL src.rpms. In addition, it seems that there are inter-dependencies between CORE, BASE, PLUS and EVAL which don't particularly leave me with a good fuzzy feeling. My suggestion is that CORE and BASE should not have any dependencies on software outside of themselves. The logical reason is that by having dependencies outside of CORE and BASE, which are the assured production quality software, it taints that assurance with software from any other source. Ultimately, all software that is assured production quality should also have the same assurance for any dependencies that software may have. The functional reason is that it would be nice to simply exclude the PLUS and/or EVAL sub-directories from custom build repositories without having any missing dependencies. This would ease things if a customer/user just wants to install production quality software only and non of the PLUS or EVAL software. Also, in a similar mindset, nothing from PLUS should have dependencies on anything in EVAL but the reverse can certainly be true. Thus, PLUS could have dependencies from software within CORE or BASE but not from EVAL. EVAL, of course, could pretty much have dependencies wherever since it is for evaluation only. Anyway, I thought I would send this suggestion out.
-- David M. Fetter - Portland State University - UNIX Systems Administrator "Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible."
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