Re: CMSP 12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs

2009-10-31 Thread Barbie
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

Re: CMSP 12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs

2009-10-10 Thread Zefram
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

Re: CMSP 12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs

2009-10-09 Thread David Golden
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

Re: CMSP 12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs

2009-10-09 Thread Ricardo Signes
* 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

Re: CMSP 12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs

2009-10-09 Thread Ruslan Zakirov
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

Re: CMSP 12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs

2009-10-09 Thread David Golden
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

Re: CMSP 12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs

2009-10-09 Thread Steffen Mueller
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

Re: CMSP 12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs

2009-10-09 Thread Graham Barr
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

Re: CMSP 12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs

2009-10-09 Thread Hans Dieter Pearcey
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

Re: CMSP 12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs

2009-10-09 Thread Ricardo Signes
* David Golden [2009-10-09T07:47:57] > 12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs Strongly agreed. (I believe I proposed this.) -- rjbs

CMSP 12. Allow Sequences (Arrays) for Prereqs

2009-10-09 Thread David Golden
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