Re: Creeping featuritis (was: Re: tar -I incompatibility)

2001-01-10 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 06:23:44PM -0500, Jacob Kuntz wrote: from the secret journal of Sam Couter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): No it's not. It does one thing (Advanced Package Management), and does it fairly well. Just because the thing it does is a complex task doesn't mean it's got creeping

Creeping featuritis (was: Re: tar -I incompatibility)

2001-01-09 Thread Sam Couter
Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, what's your point exactly? I hope you never use apt-get, as that would certainly be something beyond bare bones. No it's not. It does one thing (Advanced Package Management), and does it fairly well. Just because the thing it does is a complex

Re: Creeping featuritis (was: Re: tar -I incompatibility)

2001-01-09 Thread Jacob Kuntz
from the secret journal of Sam Couter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): No it's not. It does one thing (Advanced Package Management), and does it fairly well. Just because the thing it does is a complex task doesn't mean it's got creeping featuritis. If it tried to do more than just package management,