>On Thursday, August 16, 2001, at 03:58 PM, Andrew P. Black wrote:
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>>"Fetch Updates" works because there is one repository (OK, one and a mirror) that has the updates.  Let's build on this idea.  How about a single repository for _all_ Squeak Packages.
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>It also works because the elements of the repository are sequential and conflict-free.  This is a critical and often unstated assumption.  It would appear that one could not support multiple, non-sequential forks using the repository without serious risk of conflicts.

Actually the files themselves are not strictly sequential in fact.  The index, updates.list, is required to perform a proper update.  The natural extension would seem to be for this index (and possible experimental forks of it, as now) to carry the further dependence info required for a successful package update.

	- Dan

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