future of smart

[Michael Jennings]

On Thursday, 12 June 2008, at 13:48:07 (-0700),
Grant McWilliams wrote:

> This is true as long as both packages are not in the same repository
> (they were). It still comes back to it being a packaging problem but
> exists nonetheless.

That's a repository problem (insofar as the repository is internally
inconsistent) and an administrative problem (insofar as the admin is
using a repository that is lame).  The correct answer (IMHO) is
"choose your repositories more wisely," not "bloat smart."

Michael

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