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On Friday 02 June 2006 18:47, Marius Mauch wrote: |
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> Actually this is probably the main problem of all the "package manager |
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> compability" gleps: We don't have a proper specification, all existing |
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> docs more or less are based on the existing portage implementation. So |
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> right now the implementation is the authorative specification, which of |
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> course creates some problems. |
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> IMO before any such glep can be considered we need a proper |
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> specification about our package and repository formats, otherwise you |
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> can't really validate any package manager (the statespace is a bit |
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> large for equivalence checks). |
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The problem is actually that such a document is a living thing and it must not |
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only exist initially but be maintained continuously. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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