On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 1:54 PM, erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote: >> Also, is the size of the namespace list an issue? > > how does history(1) work in the face of a complicated namespace? > we get buy now because the rules are pretty simple. if you want to > find how the modifications to /386/lib/libc.a, you know where that > is. if you bind 100 packages on top of /386/lib, it becomes necessary > to deconstruct namespaces continually. the abstraction of namespace > starts to break down. >
this also breaks plumbing while debugging with acid unless quirky namespace is global, but then if it's global why do you need the binds! -- Federico G. Benavento