Glynn Foster wrote:
I think if we had a good package management system, then I'd probably care less about 100's of packages installed on my machine eg. apt-get gnome-panel automatically fetches the necessary panel requirements.
I don't think a "good package management system" is enough. I actually don't think there is a solution to this "problem." The reality is that there are thousands of people from many different cultures working on the products. Even in well-planned cities (eg. Washington, DC) enough cruft gets added with thousands of interdependencies that getting from point A to point B may be a circuitous route. As the city grows to accomodate more citizens, it becomes more random, not less. Why should we expect software to be any different? -- richard _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
