lex at cc.gatech.edu wrote:
> Also by the way, the approach I described is exactly what Debian does,
> and it seems to work well.  Debian is an excellent choice of Linux
> distribution for high-reliability situations, precisely because it does
> have separate streams of packages for "stable" and "unstable" systems. 

Lex,

I'm running out the door so no time for a detailed reply, but why does 
it matter whether the "separate streams" are implemented as multiple 
physical repositories or one shared repository that allows multiple 
versions of one package to exist, each flagged appropriately for which 
squeak versions they work in?

As I skimmed your ideal user interactions, I saw nothing about them that 
couldn't be implemented identically with either solution.  The only real 
difference as I see it, is that with a single repository you can avoid 
duplicating the information that *is* applicable at a higher level (like 
to the package as a whole).

Julian