2008/6/3  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Yes, and this is a good argument for doing it with packages and at
> publishing time.
>
> If the publishing client will computes the dependencies for
> the package, it's done once and then the manifest is published.
>
> If we have to evaluate files encoded in the manifest, the pkg client has
> to do the work each time it evaluates a manifest.  That doesn't scale
> nearly as well.

Not to pile on with "me too"; but I have to agree. Doing it at
publication time makes consistent dependency resolution far more
likely.

-- 
Shawn Walker
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