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Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:03:37 +0100 Ed W <lists@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> | As an "outsider" reading that summary the message *I* read is that |
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> | there is some strain over fitting the development model into |
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> | "stable", "~", and "package.mask". I think I see people basically |
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> | saying that they have differing views over what qualifies for each |
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> | level? |
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> The system basically works. The problems are: |
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> * It's not always used correctly. |
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> * It's not entirely understood by some users. |
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> * Some users think it should be easier to unmask a group of related |
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> packages. |
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> The third one's invalid, they just need to learn how to use sed... |
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This is a lack of tools, not everyone needs to learn sed. Just 1 person |
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needs to write the tool to do the job ;) |
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No, I'm not volunteering. |
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-Alec |
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