[arch-general] A suggestion for the devs regarding rebuilds

[fons at kokkinizita.net]

On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 08:02:04PM -0700, Brendan Long wrote:

> Except then you'd annoy everyone who wants their package manager to work
> properly. When I update a package I expect it to clean up after itself.

Work properly = not remove things that are still needed.
Clean up after itself = remove them when no longer needed.

The situation is now very clear. Pacman in its current
form just *can't* do this, and this defect is being
presented as a virtue, which is a classical marketing
scenario.
 
Ciao,

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