Error updating universe list

Ralph Johnson johnson at cs.uiuc.edu
Thu Jul 26 11:11:11 UTC 2007


On 7/26/07, Norbert Hartl <norbert at hartl.name> wrote:

 I had a look at the universe editor. It is great the browser comes with
> an editor and eases the way of updating the universe. The editor could
> be a source of stability marks, too. Wouldn't it be feasible to vote for
> stability or veto it? If I installed anything from the universe I
> should be able to judge about stability. Most important in my opinion
> is the ability to veto a combination (to mark it as broken).
> On the other side it might be helpful to harvest additional data at the
> moment of voting. One package that has dependencies builds a cluster
> of packages. I think the "should work together" should be meant across
> all clusters of packages which are in the universe. So, if I vote for
> some package it is important to know what other packages are installed.
> Imagine there is another relationship in the universe beside the
> "depends on" relationship name it "known to work". That would build
> something like a stable channel automatically. This would make it
> possible that universe can propose versions to install based on my
> selection of packages.

It is very important to make it easier for people to give feedback on
problems so that they can be fixed.  Lex, you ought to try things like
thia!

-Ralph



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