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Caleb Cushing wrote: |
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> What on earth is going to be a "major visible improvement" to a |
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> command |
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> line based package manager that any average Gentoo user is going to |
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> realise? The average user probably only uses a few commands: emerge |
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> -u/p/a/v/--sync/package/world/system and then use |
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> package.keywords/mask/unmask so there are really no fundamental |
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> differences that the average user will notice |
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> How about the speed of search's? the speed of resolving dependancy's? |
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> how about the speed that it takes to calculate a dependancy listing |
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> after you've already done it once? portage is SLOW. |
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So speed... |
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> how about getting it to the point where it could be made to |
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> incorporate a graphical frontend if wanted. |
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There are loads, i can name 3 off the top of my head, new ones are |
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always popping up in unsupported software in the forums as well. |
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> how about providing me a list of packages that are masked instead of |
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> making me read and unmask them one at a time. |
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That pretty much defeats the object of them being masked in the first place |
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So all you can really come up with is speed? If a power user yourself |
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can only come up with speed what is an ordinary user going to think |
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of... *sigh* |
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