On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 08:04:36PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Thu, 18 May 2006 11:51:16 -0700 Brian Harring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > | On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 07:34:16PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > | > On Thu, 18 May 2006 20:20:29 +0200 Carsten Lohrke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | > wrote: > | > | On Thursday 18 May 2006 20:02, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > | > | >It's kinda like this: > | > | > | > | Stop making such odd and wrong comparisons. The package manager is > | > | part of what defines a distribution, choosing a shell is the users > | > | choice. If you want to make the package manager matter of choice, > | > | start your own distribution. > | > > | > How many package managers does Debian have? What about Fedora? > | > | They all support the exact same format. > | > | You're changing the format, dropping what you dislike- they also > | support the same installed pkgs backend last I looked, again, not the > | case for paludis. > > No, they have a common subset of shared operations, just as Paludis and > Portage do.
They have a common subset of shared *high level* operations, resolution differing dependant on the high level component used. Note I said 'high level', not low level, ie the format (which is what my point was). This is why despite most distro level bastardizations of the rpm spec, things still work- they're relying on a common tool/lib to handle low level details, rather then reimplementing them (and changing them) as paludis does. Simply put, others have a seperation between high level functionality (resolution, fetching, etc), and the low level format- high level differs elsewhere (leading to some fun issues like apt-rpm's inability to install N versions of a pkg), but the format bits are still common to that distro (rather then reimplemented by each). So no... not a valid counterarg- paludis relationship to portage (namely, we're going to do what we think is best format level despite what portage does) directly contradicts your arguement. ~harring
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