On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 04:18:35PM +0200, Steffen Mueller wrote:
> David Golden wrote:
>> 12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs
>
> In principle, this should be handled by dependency resolution.
Agreed. But current processes don't really do this with enough depth
currently.
> Effectively, be
David Golden wrote:
>Right now, to the best of my knowledge, the only benefit of a the magic
>"Bundle::" namespace is that its prerequisites can be declared in optimal
>installation order.
This is a very dubious feature. If it is desirable at all, the
mutually-dependent module is the wrong place
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Ricardo Signes
wrote:
> * Ruslan Zakirov [2009-10-09T15:28:29]
>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:47 PM, David Golden wrote:
>> > 12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs
>> >
>> [snip]
>> > order by using a sequence of pairs, Bundle's magic could probably be
>> > made o
* Ruslan Zakirov [2009-10-09T15:28:29]
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:47 PM, David Golden wrote:
> > 12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs
> >
> [snip]
> > order by using a sequence of pairs, Bundle's magic could probably be
> > made obsolete, simplifying the toolchain overall (over a long depreca
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:47 PM, David Golden wrote:
> 12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs
>
[snip]
> order by using a sequence of pairs, Bundle's magic could probably be
> made obsolete, simplifying the toolchain overall (over a long deprecation
> period).
[snip]
Always, thought that Bundles
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 7:47 AM, David Golden wrote:
> 12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs
>
> Proposal:
>
> Right now, to the best of my knowledge, the only benefit of a the magic
> "Bundle::" namespace is that its prerequisites can be declared in optimal
> installation order. If META allowe
David Golden wrote:
12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs
In principle, this should be handled by dependency resolution.
Effectively, being able to nudge things in the right direction seems
useful. Realistically, some people don't get their dependencies right.
Is it good to be able to hid
On Oct 9, 2009, at 6:47 AM, David Golden wrote:
12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs
Proposal:
Right now, to the best of my knowledge, the only benefit of a the
magic
"Bundle::" namespace is that its prerequisites can be declared in
optimal
installation order. If META allowed prereqs
Excerpts from David Golden's message of Fri Oct 09 07:47:57 -0400 2009:
> 12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs
>
> Proposal:
>
> Right now, to the best of my knowledge, the only benefit of a the magic
> "Bundle::" namespace is that its prerequisites can be declared in optimal
> installation o
* David Golden [2009-10-09T07:47:57]
> 12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs
Strongly agreed. (I believe I proposed this.)
--
rjbs
12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs
Proposal:
Right now, to the best of my knowledge, the only benefit of a the magic
"Bundle::" namespace is that its prerequisites can be declared in optimal
installation order. If META allowed prereqs to be communicated in a set
order by using a sequence o
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