On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 10:36:49AM -0700, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> > Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
<cool new tags for package-type idea>
>
> While I do find the above idea very useful, how does it help with the
> circular dependency issue? Could there be another tag
> ``In-Case-Of-Circular-Dependecy-Install-Me-First: True'' ? This would
> help in the case of *known* circular dependencies, and it leaves the
> thinking up to a human (or perhaps an autobuilder that has attempted
> various means of installing the circularly dependent packages, and
> determined a working method) instead of leaving it up to the client
> system to guess.
>
Hi John,
It seem from my observations that the debian release process has several
'hint's used: unstable to testing(britney), what not to build for arch
x(wanna-build),
linda/lintian check. It would seem to follow: to hint for known
circular dependencies.
Cheers,
Kev
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