Am 05.02.2005 um 16:28 schrieb Cees de Groot:

> On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 13:50:53 +0100, Avi Bryant <avi.bryant at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> But what happens if you then save a new version of package P?  Those
>> extensions will disappear, unless you take care to keep their
>> definitions around, unloaded, and slip them back into any new version
>> you create...
>>
> Yup. It's just a simple crutch to make it easier to load big packages 
> in small images...
>
> (although keeping the definitions around wouldn't be that hard, I 
> think. But for the use I envision, not really necessary. You could set 
> a pref that makes the extensions silently optional or have them throw 
> errors or warnings in case you want to do development with them)

But why would you need to use a different category then? Just make a 
preference to ignore any definitions with unmet requirements when 
loading and you're set, no?

- Bert -