On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:40:05 +0100 Jakob Buchgraber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So why don't you start rewriting, refactoring and improving the > portage source? It definitely doesn't make sense to create a > competing package management system.
Because it's far simpler to start from scratch. Refactoring is only possible if the initial design is at least vaguely sane. With things as they are now, making a change is nigh on impossible because there's no way of evaluating the impact. A complete rewrite has already shown itself to be a viable and effective approach. Approaches based upon refactoring have had significantly less success. -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail : ciaranm at ciaranm.org Web : http://ciaranm.org/ Paludis, the secure package manager : http://paludis.pioto.org/
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