On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 02:15:59PM -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
>>>>> "JK" == Jesse Keating
<jkeating(a)redhat.com> writes:
JK> Or, instead of introducing the insanity of uname-r in name, we can
JK> put effort into adjusting rpm and yum to handle this sort of
JK> package situation correctly.
It seems like what we really need is some sort of two-dimensional
versioning. I guess everyone will just laugh at me for suggesting it,
I'm not, that's exactly the issue here.
but for a plugin/module "foo" having version "M"
which works with
"packageA" version "N", just call it
"packageA-module-foo-M,N", teach
the depsolvers how to deal with it, and get on with life.
That can take half a decade, so we should find a solution for now and
lobby with our experiences for rpmng's design.
This is off-topic, but I really thing that at some time in the future
our group could start thinking about setting up specifications for a
new package manager trying to learn from rpm's deficiencies and trying
to unearth a project for that.
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