Re: libgd's dependency on xlib stops netsaint from testing
On Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 03:56:47AM +0100, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: Hello, ist it possible to make libgd not depend on xlibs? This will install a lot I think not. It's uses X libs so, ... of unwanted stuff on servers and it even seems to habe problems with dependencies currently.. looks to me like netsaint which depends on libgd1g which is wrong, cause libgd1g is not in unstable - it was deprecated and libgd now builds only libgd1 1.8.3 ... is not moved to testing because libgd1g is not in testing, yet. xlibs is not any it won't be there. yet moved to testing. It would be nice if you can avoid using xlibs, which because glibc 2.2 is not in testing IIRC so plenty of packages are not in testing now. Try to guess how many packages from unstable it is keeping from testing. Petr Cech
Re: List of packages that could be dropped
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 03:22:21PM +0100, Christian Kurz wrote: Hi, |mhash (235 days old) Has this package been dropped from unstable? If yes, can we close the wnpp-bug about it? No. I'm not sure if gorgo orphaned it or not. php4 builds an extension with this library. Dunno, how useful it is though. Maybe I'll take a look at this after Xmas. Petr Cech
Re: What do you wish for in an package manager?
Adam Lazur wrote: The ability to install more than one version of a package simultaneously. Hmm. SO you install bash 2.04-1 and bash 2.02-3. Now what will be /bin/bash 2.04 or 2.02 version? You will divert both of them and symlink it to the old name - maybe, but but how will you know, to what name it diverts to use it? Give me please 3 sane examples, why you need this. And no, shared libraries are NOT an excuse for this. Some intelligence for handling multiple machines. Like the ability to nfs mount /usr and have the package manager understand what's going on. sounds like something like --exclude /usr (didn't doogie implement this in 1.8 branch?) Petr Cech
Re: What do you wish for in an package manager?
On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 10:47:00PM -0600, Dwayne C . Litzenberger wrote: Hello! I'm starting work on a new linux package manager. The idea is to be able to replace rpm, dpkg, apt, dselect (backend) with one,written mostly from scratch and designed to be as simple (code, not features) and clean as possible. For now, the work will be strictly academic, but if it works out, it may evolve into future standard package manager. So my question is: What do you wish for in a package manager? dpkg + something to handle package splits/merges a bit more sanely. netbase split to XXX packages php4-cgi-gd and php4-gd merges. How to handle upgrade of php4-cgi-gd to php4-gd? or some kind of a dummy package, which installes and after install it auto-magicaly dissappears. Petr Cech
