On 02/07/07, Alberto Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2007/7/2, Shawn Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Seperating package names and package file names is a ghastly solution > > > to the problem, if I want to manually download a package called > > > nvidia-drivers, I should be downloading a file called > > > nvidia-drivers.***, not NVDAgraphics.***. > > > > Why does that matter? > > Principle of minimum surprise. If the name is self explanatory, you don't > need to figure out what's inside, and you lose less time. Maybe the nvidia > thing is not a good example, but just go through the output of pkginfo. The > point now is that you are not able to retreive individual packages for > Solaris Express or Solaris 10, so maybe Solaris users are not used to the > need of this "self explanatory" thing. At the same time, the version and the > architecture on the name are quite useful in lots of cases.
There is always going to be some surprise. On debian-based systems I usually found packages using apt-cache search, its very rare that what I actually want can be found by just blindly doing apt-get install. I think the same thing applies here. In addition, the loss of compatibility, I would imagine, is far more important than a minor inconvenience that could be alleviated by better tools. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. " --Donald Knuth _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
