On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 14:27, Axel Thimm wrote: > You are describing pinning. But it is very hard to implement proper. > > > All in all, this is a limitation of up2date, that won't let me filter > > channels according to my preferences. Something for the up2date > > wishlist, I guess. Meanwhile, I think splitting repositories into > > a finer granularity is the best way to accomplish this. > > Unfortunately, I see this places an additional burden on the > > volunteers that run such repositories, so... Oh, well... Thanks for > > reading this far :-) > > I think this splitting will become a nightmare. As I said I don't even > yet fully understand Alternatives (and why they are _semantically_ > separated from Extras). I believe that these structures need to mature > further before people jump on using them. After all they were created > under high time pressure and maybe don't model the needs as they > should. > > Perhaps the authors behind these structures should give their > interpretation/intention to the audience. ;) I am glad to see this discussion happening publicly. And what thoughtful discussion it's been! This issue is so new and important (to me) and I am learning a lot just lurking in these threads. I'm looking forward to seeing and learning much more.
