Dennis Clarke schrieb: [...] >> >> Perhaps I'm missing the point, but I thought that's exactly what the >> >> OpenSolaris distribution (and IPS repository) folks were attempting to >> >> do. > > > > Thank you for saying exactly what I was thinking. [...]
Is it? I am not sure but if "keeping redundant binary packages managed" in terms of, say, having a full installment of GNOME in /usr/bin along with OpenSolaris and one in /opt/csw/ after installing a single GNOME-based application off blastwave, is the intention of IPS, I'll keep myself from pleading for it. Given that, however, i.e. the .deb package format is _way_ more powerful by now already, and also given that one of its fathers is now part of the OpenSolaris development community, I seriously doubt this is the idea of IPS. Feel free to correct me nevertheless. A "Provides" mechanism, along possibly with "virtual" packages like in Debian, seems a sane way, however it would need to then also be used by those building the packages, i.o.w. making blastwave "less standalone" and closer tied to the "main" distribution in case of OpenSolaris... Just my €0.02, of course... K. -- Kristian Rink * http://zimmer428.net * http://flickr.com/photos/z428/ jab: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * icq: 48874445 * fon: ++49 176 2447 2771 "One dreaming alone, it will be only a dream; many dreaming together is the beginning of a new reality." (Hundertwasser) _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
