Re: [subscriptions] Re: ComponentHaus now does full dependency trees!

Hi Peter,

> On Jan 18, 2004, at 11:37 AM, Mike Hogan wrote:
> > Take a look at this:
> > http://64.4.141.60/componenthaus/componentDetails.action?id=1 .  Click
> > on
> > the + icon for the dependencies - it will expand entire dependency
> > tree for
> > spice-netserve!
>
> That's awesome! Now we just need additional attribution to
> differentiate required and optional dependencies :)

Started on this :-)  Joe Walnes gave some detailed feedback about taking
ideas from the Debian package manager.  It kinda blew my mind, because it
envisioned a situation in which a componenthaus-aware java package installer
existed, and it guided a developer or user through updating his system
configuration to meet the needs of a particular piece of software.  I will
forward Joes email right now, as he stated things clearly.  All I'll say is
that for now, I'm rolling in only a very small subset of what he describes,
namely support for different types of dependency, and initially "optional"
dependencies.  Maybe, someday, that package manager idea will be delivered
on :-)

Cheers,
Mike.