[packagekit] Bundles

Richard Hughes hughsient at gmail.com
Wed Jun 4 11:45:39 PDT 2008


On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 14:28 -0400, Elliot Peele wrote:
> Why not just do pure file requires? Package names are in no way
> consistent between distros.

Sure, and sometimes files aren't either. I think a bundle gives the
person packaging enough flexibility to do this.

File requires also mean downloading big filelists (10Mb+) which some
users may not be able to do.

Richard.





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