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On Thu, 9 Jun 2016 06:20:38 -0400 |
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Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> > On 08/06/16 16:53, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> >> Do you propose that you can have cross-repo dependencies? |
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> > Sure. This works well in Exherbo using Paludis. We could do it |
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> > right now if we wanted to. |
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> >> If so that creates a lot of potential issues, even if you do it |
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> >> the NixOS way. |
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> > You should tell Exherbo and NixOS about all these issues that they |
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> > should be having but aren't having. |
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> > |
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> Perhaps you could explain how they actually prevent the issues I |
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> brought up? Since you didn't actually quote them I'll do so: |
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> Suppose you have 10 packages, and they each depend on zlib from a |
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> different repository? |
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They don't. Packages do not depend upon "zlib from repository x". They |
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depend upon "zlib". |
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The Exherbo model is not "packages are all over the place and there is |
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no coordination whatsoever". The model is "packages that lots of people |
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use are in a small number of core repositories and are carefully dealt |
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with to avoid breakages, but packages that have small numbers of users |
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are in personal repositories which everyone can see". Libraries and |
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packages that start to be used by many people get moved to one of the |
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central repositories; one way to tell that this needs to be done is |
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when it looks like the issues you think could happen actually start to |
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happen. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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