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On Thu, 18 May 2006 15:34:28 +0200 |
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Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o> wrote: |
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> Requiring duplication of profiles for every package manager. |
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It requires duplicating nothing. This is exactly why we have cascading |
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profiles. |
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> Profiles determine what defaults are, and on some level what is |
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> installed. What useflags are supported, and some other things. |
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> Profiles do not determine how something is installed. A package |
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> manager determines how things are installed. As such any profile |
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> should work with the package manager. |
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And any profile does work with the package manager. What I want to |
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change in the profile is exactly what is installed by default, which is |
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as you say precisely what profiles are for. |
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