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Apparently, though unproven, at 16:12 on Saturday 14 May 2011, Alan Mackenzie |
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did opine thusly: |
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> > The specific files that define the system set are called "packages" |
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> OK. Some of these directories have got three parents. ;-) The people |
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> deciding what goes into the "packages"es must have very steady hands. |
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hehehe :-) |
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That just means that that part of the profile has three completely different |
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aspects to it. Think of it this way (sucked out of my thumb, too lazy to cat |
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through files right now): |
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A desktop profile might want to inherit it's config from the |
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amd64 |
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testing |
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kde |
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profiles. This make sense, all three are completely different things and by |
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and large won't have conflicting things in them. This saves the devs having to |
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maintain 9 different profiles (all combinations of the above) and keep |
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everything in sync. With cascading profiles they maintain three simple, easy |
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to understand things that (seldom) go fubar |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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