On 2011-12-13 14:04, Chad J wrote:
OK, cool. I should probably mention some of the things I like about
portage (off the top of my head), incase it helps:
- The world file: A list of all packages that the /user/ elected to
install. It does not contain dependencies. It is the top level.
That might be a good idea. I had only planned to list all installed
packages.
- use-flags: Flags/keywords associated with packages that allow you to
turn specific features within packages on and off.
I currently have no plans of configurable packages. Either the complete
package is installed or nothing is installed.
- Stability levels: Portage has a notion of unstable/untested or
"hardmasked" packages at one level, slightly unstable or
architecture-specific glitchiness at another level ("keyworded"), and
completely stable at another.
Orbit uses Semantic Versioning: http://semver.org/
Things I don't like about portage:
- The portage tree doesn't keep enough old versions around sometimes.
I have no plans of removing old packages as long as it doesn't cause any
problems.
- People who write crappy ebuilds or mark things stable when they mess
up my system. The quality control used to be better.
(It's still my favorite package manager by a wide margin.)
This seems hard to avoid and I don't know what can be done about it.
--
/Jacob Carlborg
