Re: [gobolinux-devel] Tracking dependencies

2007-07-02 Thread hisham . hm
On 7/2/07, Anshuman Aggarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hisham, > Did you disagree with the alternate location for the Dependency files > and Links as well as he has described? My first impression was that his suggestions added to what you proposed, combining the best aspects of your and Jan's

Re: [gobolinux-devel] Tracking dependencies

2007-07-02 Thread Anshuman Aggarwal
Hisham, Did you disagree with the alternate location for the Dependency files and Links as well as he has described? In general, I'm pushing the links idea for dependencies for the simple reason(s) below: ...file system as package manager ...any decent package manager needs a way of tracking fo

Re: [gobolinux-devel] USE-flags vs. Flavored Dependencies

2007-07-02 Thread Michael Homer
On 7/2/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/1/07, Michael Homer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 7/2/07, mpb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > There was talk back in May of adding USE-flag style functionality to > > > Compile: > > > > > > http://www.wotfun.com/pip

Re: [gobolinux-devel] Tracking dependencies

2007-07-02 Thread Hisham Muhammad
On 7/2/07, Andy Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think this proposal is coming too close to "reimplementing a > database in a filesystem." The point of using the filesystem should be > to *avoid* having a special central construct just for tracking > dependencies (or whatever). Ideally, there

Re: [gobolinux-devel] Tracking dependencies

2007-07-02 Thread Andy Feldman
I think this proposal is coming too close to "reimplementing a database in a filesystem." The point of using the filesystem should be to *avoid* having a special central construct just for tracking dependencies (or whatever). Ideally, there should just be one method of storing the dependencies for

Re: [gobolinux-devel] Tracking dependencies

2007-07-02 Thread Anshuman Aggarwal
similar, but 'gobo' is in the details :)... If you have the rev links in a subfolder...if the folder is deleted then the reverse dependencies are lost...the right place is /System/Links...which can be backed up as needed The primary concerns in that response are to do with 'maintaining' the li

Re: [gobolinux-devel] Tracking dependencies

2007-07-02 Thread hisham . hm
On 7/2/07, Anshuman Aggarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, I was convinced this (link based) approach is perfect for > gobo...but the lack of response was worrying me :) ...I will document > the details on the wiki and send out a link...then if everyone is in > agreement we can work out a pl

Re: [gobolinux-devel] Tracking dependencies

2007-07-02 Thread Anshuman Aggarwal
Thanks, I was convinced this (link based) approach is perfect for gobo...but the lack of response was worrying me :) ...I will document the details on the wiki and send out a link...then if everyone is in agreement we can work out a plan of introducing it into gobo scripts. would appreciate som

Re: [gobolinux-devel] USE-flags vs. Flavored Dependencies

2007-07-02 Thread Isaac Dupree
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am very wary about how this would be determined (thinking about > community/social/flamewar implications, rather than technical issues). > I'd rather avoid this can of worms and stick to something that can be > unequivocall

Re: [gobolinux-devel] Tracking dependencies

2007-07-02 Thread MLA-Gobo
On Sunday 01 July 2007 18:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This is done through a system wide folder: > /System/Links/Dependencies *SNIP* Bravo! I like this solution! It seems very Gobo-ish to me. :Peter ___ gobolinux-devel mailing list gobolinux-