Hi guys, > > So my question is: What do you wish for in a package manager? > > I agree with Ethan. Start explaining why you want to reinvent the > wheel then we maybe has some ideas for things to do when you > reinventing for other reasons.
If I had to change something in the Debian package manager, I would like it to use bzip2 instead of gzip, but this doesn't need a omplete reimplementation. The problem isn't technical, but it's been debated many times. I don't exactly know the problem w/ this compression except it saves time ;) Anyway, if you think something isn't perfect, you can always help the development of Dpkg, or apt. Sam > > The only feature I've ever tried designing a solution for (and mostly > because on some interesting technical problems) is delta/diff packages > where you only downloads the changes if that would take lesser time > (by some measure).