On Sun, 2008-08-31 at 19:08 +0100, Mark Hobley wrote: > There is an annoying flaw in the design of the Debian package management > system, which means that packages cannot be partially installed. This > limits the flexibility of Debian based systems when it comes to mixed > installations or installation on embedded or resource constrained > systems.
This is being partly addressed by the Emdebian project and the future introduction of 'tdebs' (translation packages). The more general feature is 'classes' <http://www.dpkg.org/dpkg/Classes> and this may be implemented some day, but don't hold your breath. I've merged this bug with earlier similar requests. Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
