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Re: version control systems

From Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux, alt.os.linux.debian
Subject Re: version control systems
Date 2015-12-30 05:59 -0500
Organization None
Message-ID <n60ddv$10e$3@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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crankypuss wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> John Hasler wrote:
>
>> Each package is a seperate unit.  Dependency
>> relationships among packages are handled on the package level and
>> described by standardized metadata in each package.
>
> IMO that is *extremely* messed up.
>
>> This makes it
>> possible to build and upload to the archive a new version of a package
>> without necessarily making any changes to any other package.
>
> Dependency relationships should be generated from the code, not from the 
> developer's memory or inclinations to "recommend" this or that.  
> Dependencies are simply what they are, the information is there in the 
> source.

Not really.  That's why they have "make" files.

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version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-28 04:50 -0700
  Re: version control systems "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2015-12-28 13:56 +0100
  Re: version control systems John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-28 08:03 -0600
    Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-28 19:30 -0700
      Re: version control systems John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-28 21:31 -0600
        Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-29 06:59 -0700
          Re: version control systems John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-29 08:47 -0600
            Re: version control systems Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-12-29 19:42 -0500
            Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-30 03:01 -0700
              Re: version control systems mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-12-30 10:35 +0000
                Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-30 04:41 -0700
                Re: version control systems Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2015-12-30 20:19 +0000
                Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-31 02:28 -0700
                Re: version control systems Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2015-12-31 20:46 +0000
                Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-31 23:12 -0700
                Re: version control systems Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-01-01 11:40 -0500
                Re: version control systems Mark Carroll <mtbc@ixod.org> - 2016-01-01 17:16 +0000
                Re: version control systems Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-01-01 13:37 -0500
                Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-01 15:01 -0700
                Re: version control systems Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-01-01 19:19 -0500
                Re: version control systems Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2016-01-02 02:45 +0000
                Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-02 01:33 -0700
                Re: version control systems Kirk_Von_Rockstein <Kirk_Von_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid> - 2016-01-04 00:55 +0000
                Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-04 03:38 -0700
                Re: version control systems Mark Carroll <mtbc@ixod.org> - 2016-01-04 12:19 +0000
                Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-04 11:19 -0700
              Re: version control systems Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-12-30 05:58 -0500
                Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-30 04:50 -0700
                Re: version control systems Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-12-30 08:02 -0500
                Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-30 06:43 -0700
                Re: version control systems mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-12-30 14:42 +0000
                Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-30 12:14 -0700
              Re: version control systems John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-30 07:30 -0600
                Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-30 06:55 -0700
      Re: version control systems "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2015-12-29 09:20 +0100
        Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-29 07:03 -0700
        Re: version control systems John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-29 08:34 -0600
          Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-30 03:17 -0700
            Re: version control systems Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-12-30 05:59 -0500
              Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-30 04:53 -0700
              Re: version control systems Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-12-30 12:07 +0000
                Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-30 05:20 -0700
                Re: version control systems Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-12-30 08:05 -0500
                Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-30 06:45 -0700
                Re: version control systems Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-12-30 13:59 +0000
                Re: version control systems John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-30 08:28 -0600
                Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-30 12:21 -0700
            Re: version control systems John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-30 07:45 -0600
              Re: version control systems John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-30 08:30 -0600
                Re: version control systems Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-12-30 14:28 -0500
              Re: version control systems Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-12-30 14:28 -0500
            Re: version control systems John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-30 08:15 -0600
              Re: version control systems crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-30 12:53 -0700
                Re: version control systems mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-12-30 20:33 +0000

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