On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:04:33 -0600, Bruce Sass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Tue September 25 2007 09:22:02 am Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:36:24 -0600, Bruce Sass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> > On Sun September 23 2007 03:08:59 pm Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> >> On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:26:29 -0600, Bruce Sass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >> said:
> [I've cut a lot of duplication. If I cut something which doesn't get
> addressed below, feel free to bring it back.]
>> > The scheme I described was under the written assumption there are
>> > no such situations which would not already have a virtual package.
>>
>> Ah. That assumption turns out to be incorrect.
> Haha. There is nothing wrong with the assumption. That is kinda like
> saying pylint is incorrect for spitting out errors when given a
> correct perl program. You ignored a sign which would have taken you
> down a different path, and now appear to be complaining because the
> path you ended up on took you to the wrong place---neither the sign or
> paths are incorrect, you just didn't pay attention and got lost.
Hmm? You assumed, and I quote "there are no such situations
which would not already have a virtual package". Since there are
situations where there is no virtual package, it certainly seems to me
that the assumption you made is invalid.
If your assumption is correct, then I have missed something
somewhere.
>> > Why would you think any of that scheme was applicable to the case
>> > you were thinking of if it is a case in which there is no virtual
>> > package?
>>
>> I am not sure how to answer that. I assumed that the scheme under
>> discussion was going to be universal (or else it does not seem to be
>> much good, really -- it would still leave files around that are not
>> associated with anything).
> I don't see why it would need to be universal, "one size" stuff often
> doesn't fit anyone very well and it is not like being universal is
> pervasive and this would stand out as a wart.
If we are not talking about a policy to be made, and you are
only talking about an opt in scheme for some orphan files, then
indeed, I have nothing to add to the conversation.
manoj
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