On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 08:16:06PM -0700, James Powell wrote: > I never said it was set in stone. > > All I suggested was if you install a package like SDL, then you install all > of SDL, not just part of it. This reduces overhead of making multiple > packages, simplifies the distribution, and makes the work of the package > maintainer easier. > > To a new person using Devuan, they see multiple packages that are for various > purposes. > > They ask, what are all these for? > > Some might ask, Why not just one simple package? > > That's where Devuan can bring packaging sanity in as well.
Let's say someone is running off of an SD card, or someone is making a system for converting into a live system with a tool like bootcd-write. Say this someone needs to be able to make dns queries, and wants to use host(1) to do so. Right now in standard debian/devuan, all this person needs to do is to install bind-host, which just brings in required libraries. If the bind software were one single package, this would require installing the entire name server just for using one program to do dns queries. This would waste space which is important in the scenarios I described, and would also use unnecessary bandwidth, which is important if someone is paying per megabyte for example. Granted, this may not be the best example, but it does illustrate I think the reasons for smaller multiple packages VS. one big package. Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-mana...@eu.org _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng