RPM roadmapping

[Jeff Spaleta]

On 8/2/07, Peter Jones <pjones at redhat.com> wrote:
> There's a logic problem here -- how do you determine which packages are
> marked which way on a fresh install?  Marking them all as explicit means
> you rarely remove anything.  Marking them all implicit means the first
> time you remove anything it destroys your system.  There's no obvious
> determining factor to use as middle ground, at least to me.

naively....
fresh installs.... assuming anaconda's current interface
if its got a checkbox by it... its explicit.
So if its a default item in a group and the group is select for
install its explicit
If its an option item that was explicit checked.. its explicit

Or looking at it another way, if the depsolver has to pull it in to
the transaction... its implicit.
Using this naive logic... with fresh installs break in significant
ways as packages are removed?

-jef