Re: Bug#97755: [PROPOSAL] eliminating task packages; new task system

2001-05-19 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Anton Zinoviev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For example what display manager we will choose: gdm, kdm, wdm or xdm? > Maybe gdm, because it provides session menu, but it looks to me a little > buggy. I'm giving this only as an example. Surely there will be > conflicts. What does it mean that g

Re: Bug#97755: [PROPOSAL] eliminating task packages; new task system

2001-05-19 Thread Anton Zinoviev
On 16.V.2001 at 22:43 Joey Hess wrote: > + > + > + You should not tag any packages as belonging to a task before > + this has been discussed on the `debian-devel' mailing list and > + a consensus about doing that has been reached. > + A consensus is

Re: Bug#97755: PROPOSAL] eliminating task packages; new task system

2001-05-17 Thread Joey Hess
Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Should we not wait until we have a working system before we > write this down in stone? It seems likely that we shall have design > tweaks as we work through implementing this, and once the design and > the interfaces have stabilized would be the time to propos

Re: Bug#97755: PROPOSAL] eliminating task packages; new task system

2001-05-17 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 11:18:17PM +0100, Charles Briscoe-Smith wrote: > Since the task wouldn't actually be installed in any permanent sense > (there's no task package to install), upgrading a task would probably > just consist of selecting it again with tasksel. Well, it depends how/if you wan

Re: Bug#97755: [PROPOSAL] eliminating task packages; new task system

2001-05-17 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Should we not wait until we have a working system before we write this down in stone? It seems likely that we shall have design tweaks as we work through implementing this, and once the design and the interfaces have stabilized would be the time to propose this as policy. This is

Re: Bug#97755: PROPOSAL] eliminating task packages; new task system

2001-05-17 Thread Charles Briscoe-Smith
[Sorry if I'm talking nonsense here; I've only recently started reading debian-policy again, so I may be further out of touch than I think.] On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 05:46:48PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > Rather than having task packages any more, individual packages that > > belong to a ta

Re: Bug#97755: [PROPOSAL] eliminating task packages; new task system

2001-05-17 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 10:43:31PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > After a lot of discussion, AJ and I have settled on a compromise that is > acceptable to both of us about what to do to fix Debian's broken[1] task > system. Dusk. A siren squealing in the distance, maybe police, maybe ambulance, it's

Re: Bug#97755: [PROPOSAL] eliminating task packages; new task system

2001-05-16 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Joey! You wrote: > After a lot of discussion, AJ and I have settled on a compromise that is > acceptable to both of us about what to do to fix Debian's broken[1] task > system. Looks great to me. I second it. -- Kind regards, +---