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On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:19:43 +0100 |
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Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:14:40 +0200 |
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> Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> > On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:03:28 +0100 |
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> > Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > Have you seen how Exherbo solved the same problem? exheres-0 has |
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> > > 'suggested' and 'recommended' dependencies, which are variations |
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> > > on post dependencies. Suggested dependencies are displayed (along |
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> > > with a description explaining what they do for the packages |
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> > > suggesting them) but not taken by default, and recommended |
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> > > dependencies are taken (but shown as just being recommended) |
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> > > unless the user says not to. |
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> > Seems to me like just another configuration file for user to cope |
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> > with. |
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> You obviously didn't pay attention, since the configuration file is |
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> the least relevant bit of the whole thing. If you really think that |
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> too many configuration files is a bigger problem than making |
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> reinstalls suddenly not reinstall stuff, though, then tracking |
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> not-taken suggestions is trivial. |
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> Having real world experience with all of this, I can assure you that |
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> configuration files are not what cause user difficulties. |
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Ah, I missed the point of not having to rebuild packages. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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