On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 23:08 +0800, Jeff Pitman wrote: > On Monday 24 January 2005 22:32, seth vidal wrote: > > > I, for one, thought Jeff was clear that it's the job of depsolvers > > > (anaconda, yum, smart, apt) to decide what to do with the extra > > > information. > > > > All that's really been done is to push the decision-making process > > off on the depsolvers. > > Which is what it should do. Depsolvers are becoming the defacto > interface to the packaging system; responsibility may feel burdensome > at times, but it's a pretty clear distinction to implement these > processes at this level. > > The less magic RPM does, the better. Depsolvers are more fluid than RPM, Not arguing with you - but figuring out the correct, default behavior at the depsolver level is not easier :) Anyone who thinks the correct behavior is 'ask the user' is deeply confused about the understanding the average user has about package/dependency issues. We have to have a correct and adequate default state. We can present options, but we must not rely on the user for this. -sv
