On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:29:00 +0200
Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o> wrote:
> Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> > Which of the issues I listed needs to be addressed for the scm
> > proposal?
> 
> At least the upstream server load.

-scm doesn't attempt to use upstream to obtain any information.
Upstream is only contacted when people install or reinstall packages,
the same as for -9999 versions currently.

> Other people seem to think it's feasible

Jumping to that conclusion from such a vague proposal suggests that not
much thought has gone into thinking that...

> I think my proposal nicer and giving some value for the effort of
> implementing it

And I think it's not even far enough to be called a proposal, and we
can't sensibly discuss any of it until it is.

> -scm adds a some work to do with undefined features at best.

-scm is trivial.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh