[packagekit] filters usage in get-depends / get-requires and install-packages (was: get-depends and get-requires probably shouldn't use an array of package_ids)

[Richard Hughes]

2009/7/10 Mounir Lamouri <mounir.lamouri at gmail.com>:
> But that's probably PM-related. portage always install newest
> available version of a package so except for updates, newest is
> somewhat always enabled.

Right, the same can be said for yum, the newest package is only kept
on the update repo.

> I'm not sure I was clear.
> We should forget newest filter here and let consider filter=free
> I want to install foo and foo depends on a and b. foo and a are free
> but b isn't.
> According to what I understand from previous discussion,
> GetDepends(foo, "free") should returns:
> a
> And b will be avoided. Isn't that weird ?

No, it's a filter. I don't think it's odd at all to be honest.... :-)

Richard.