[V3dot10] Re: Monticello and 3.10

[Damien Cassou]

12 Aug 2007 14:54:09 -0400, Lex Spoon <lex at lexspoon.org>:
> "Damien Cassou" <damien.cassou at gmail.com> writes:
> > 07 Aug 2007 10:18:15 -0400, Lex Spoon <lex at lexspoon.org>:
> > >   1. Which of these versions can be loaded simultaneously?  If they
> > >   have overlapping class names, then they need to be marked as
> > >   conflicting, something that is not even supported in package
> > >   universes right now.
> >
> > Monticello2 is completely independent and can be loaded without
> > conflicts. It's unfinished however.
>
>
> Excellent.
>
> What about Monticello15?  Is that a non-reversible load?
>
> Also, what is the deal with the "Monticello bootstrap" entry?  Is that
> code that should be included in the base of 3.10, or what?  For that
> matter, is 1.5 really something that should be an independent package,
> or is it mature enough to make the standard version for 3.10 ?
>
> All of this needs to be sorted out for the 3.10 release.  It will be a
> real mess if some packages require one version of Monticello while
> others require a different, incompatible version of it.
>
>
> It would be great if someone were to do some actual testing so we
> could see where we are.  It would be very helpful to know how many of
> the development-universe packages are loadable under each of the four
> different Monticello options.

Monticello2 can't load anything but MC2 packages.

-- 
Damien Cassou