Michael Schroeder wrote: > On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 08:31:42PM +0200, Harry ten Berge wrote: > >> Back to the topic: what is exactly the reason that development of >> yet-another-package-solution was started (zmd/rug) and so on where smart >> offers in my opinion a very well starting point... >> > > The reason is basically that the enterprise version needs some > features that smart doesn't have. > The most important one is the handling of "patches", i.e. groups > of rpms. We need a way to make it possible for the admin to > select/deselect such patches, e.g. when he decides that the patch > is too unsafe for his critical application. > Tools like smare just look at single rpms and check if a newer > version is available or not. This is not enough for the enterprise. > > Btw, zmd/rug is not a new thing, it is based on the red carpet > system. What's new is the libzypp library. > > Cheers, > Michael. > > Not to be cynical, but if it's not new, why doesn't it work properly? And, what I really can't understand, is the ignorance of the impact that the whole issue will have on the very good reputation that SUSE had in the past.
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