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On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:19:38 -0700 |
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Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Isn't that another, ugly, non-PMS hack which makes people think they |
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> > are creating correct packages? |
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> Are you saying that you'd prefer to have package managers pull in |
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> redundant packages for not good reason? |
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No, package managers should get things right regardless of whether |
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something is in the 'virtual/' category or not. If they can't get |
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things right, then we need to supply them with more data. |
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And most importantly, you need to stop adding in short-sighted hacks to |
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'fix' one bug at the expense of consistency and quality. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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