Re: Name is but sound and smoke (was: Freshrpms.net concerns.)

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On Nov 11, 2003, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> The idea (as I understand it) is that people want to easily have
>> add-on packages in their system without a risk that this might modify
>> core components.

> E.g. choose their stability level. So let's use stability criterions.

It's not really the same.

One of the points is at the time of reporting a bug.  Say I find a bug
in Mozilla, or in mplayer.  Unless I can pinpoint which repository I
got Mozilla from, or the exact dependency of mplayer that caused the
bug, to figure out where I should report it, I'll be at a loss.

Being able to make sure that a certain package (along with all of its
dependencies) is part of the Core makes it simpler to assert whether a
bug is in the Core or not, as long as you stick to only Extras
repositories.  As soon as you introduce Alternatives, any hopes of
easily identifying the source of a problem are gone, and this doesn't
even get into inter-repository compatibility problems.

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