On 2/26/07, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 2/26/07, Bayard Coolidge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What I was referring to was the quagmire of interdependencies in some
packages that make it difficult/impractical to update to new versions
conveniently.
Libraries enable code re-use. Now
On Feb 26, 2007, at 20:46, Nigel Stewart wrote:
If all of this sounds deluded, I am relying on you all here
to point out the show-stopping flaw... :-)
I think it's a good idea.
As a transition mechanism you might think about writing an RPM or deb
filesystem. Taking the RPM instance:
On 2/26/07, Bayard Coolidge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What I was referring to was the quagmire of interdependencies in some
packages that make it difficult/impractical to update to new versions
conveniently.
That is another aspect to this disgusting mess.
I tried building GNOME from source
Libraries enable code re-use. Now programmers don't have to
continuously re-invent the wheel; they can build on the word of
others. Shared libraries mean you only have to update one .so to fix
a bug or security hole; you don't have to rebuild/update everything
that uses it. Sounds like a win,
