Hi; On 11/29/05, Russell Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew Allum writes: > > Surely this isn't a fair comparison as the packages in Debian 2.2 > > arn't 'tuned' to embedded use ( i.e include docs, .la files etc etc ). > > You'd be better comparing udebs that make up D-I or something. > > I'm only talking about the overhead of the package manager, not the > contents of the packages themselves. >
Okey, but surely some of the metadata you've measured is dependant on whats actually in the package ? > > Also I dont know how you make numbers out of ipkg's lack of any real > > maintainership, constant instability ( likely due to former ), wierd > > versioning scheme, memory issues and horrific 'UI' ( see ipkg -h ). > > Those are problems with ipkg, to be sure, but dpkg has its own > usability issues, and needs a front-end (apt-get) to have ipkg's > functionality. > Agreed. > There is no really great package manager for a small-storage system. Agreed. > How do we get there from here? > Somebody writes something new that kicks arse and addresses the issues with dpkg and ipkg. > > PS; note; Im not saying dpkg is ideal for embedded systems here, just > > that ipkg is not ideal either ( maybe it used to be but not so much > > nowadays ). > > Repeat after me: "the 770 is not an embedded system". It is a small > computer with neither a qwerty keyboard nor a big hard drive, nor a > really fast processor. > "the 770 is not an embedded system" - OK :) You understand my point though - we could argue all week on if my digitial watch for example was a small computer or an embedded system. -- Matthew _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
