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On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:56:47 -0600 |
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"James Potts" <arek75@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> This looks good on the surface, Chris, but what happens in the case |
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> where somebody wants to use the Release tree, but also wants (or |
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> needs) one or more packages from the Live tree, and doesn't want to |
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> switch completely over to the live tree? If I understand what you |
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> want to do correctly, the Release tree would include only stable |
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> packages. Other packages wouldn't just be masked, they would be |
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> completely unavailable to anybody using that tree. |
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> I like the idea of having a stable p.mask much better, which says |
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> "profile" to me. Any thoughts on a special profile just for releases? |
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Sounds like a perfect situation to use a package manager with true |
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multiple repository support. |
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-Steve |
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