[gobolinux-users] Package Manager

[Michael Homer]

On 4/9/07, gobolinux at tjconnell.co.uk <gobolinux at tjconnell.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > It does add them to the queue and force them. It's a queue, though,
> > and the ordering is pretty arbitrary. For minor updates, it's fine -
> > iff compatibility is maintained right through and the order genuinely
> > doesn't matter, or the updates don't have any relation to each other.
> > It could certainly be clearer all-round, yes. It does exactly what it
> > says, but people do tend to expect that it means more than that.
> > Looking just like Synaptic doesn't help matters either.
>
> Sorry to have to pick you up on this, but IT DOES NOT ADD THEM TO THE QUEUE, the
> only entries on the queue are two InstallPackages, the first to download the
> package chosen and the second to install it WITH the -no-dependencies tag
>
> I get the feeling sometimes that you developers/maintainers never use these
> tools and have no idea how they work!
I don't use it. I did give it a try shortly after I installed, and it
looked pretty slick. If it really doesn't do anything about
dependencies at all, those checkboxes are a bug. I haven't got it with
me to check the code, but that isn't my recollection of how it ran. I
don't think it specifically checks their versions, though.

However, I did write a piece of software that does exactly what you
want to do, made a package especially for you, and recommended it to
you.
> Manager sits on the desktop!! It shouts out 'Use me' to any newcomer! For an
> application to have this importance it should be in daily use by those that put
> it there!
Daily? Nah. It certainly shouldn't break things, though, or it should
at least warn you before it possibly does. The "no system updates"
thing really needs to be red-flagged to everybody.
-Michael