On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 3:27 AM, Andrew Straw <straw...@astraw.com> wrote:
>> > Typically, the dependencies only depend on the smallest subset of what > they require (if they don't need lapack, they'd only depend on > python-numpy-core in your example), but yes, if there's an unsatisfiable > condition, then apt-get will raise an error and abort. In practice, this > system seems to work quite well, IMO. Yes, but: - debian dependency resolution is complex. I think many people don't realize how complex the problem really is (AFAIK, any correct scheme to resolve dependencies in debian requires an algorithm which is NP-complete ) - introducing a lot of variants significantly slow down the whole thing. I think it worths thinking whether our problems warrant such a complexity. > > Anyhow, here's the full Debian documentation: > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html This is not the part I am afraid of. This is: http://people.debian.org/~dburrows/model.pdf cheers, David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
