[Modules] finding the little buggers
Dan Ingalls
Dan at SqueakLand.org
Fri Aug 17 16:55:17 UTC 2001
>On Thursday, August 16, 2001, at 03:58 PM, Andrew P. Black wrote:
>
>>"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.
>
>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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