[Bug 175438] Review Request: smart -- Next generation package handling tool

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Summary: Review Request: smart -- Next generation package handling tool


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=175438





------- Additional Comments From enrico.scholz at informatik.tu-chemnitz.de  2006-01-23 16:22 EST -------
> Does the applet allow running "smart update" by normal users? By
> _all_ users?

Yes, no.

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> - -usermode should be folded into the main package

-usermode introduces additional, non-trivial dependencies and is not
needed for core functionality. Therefore, it must be in a separate
package.


> - add >= 4.3 versions to rpm-python and rpm-build dependencies

I guess, this is used to require a certain upstream version. But rpm
lost its ability to require a certain *upstream* version some years
ago when it was changed to non-existing-epoch == Epoch: 0.

Every supported environment (FC-4+) has an rpm version >= 4.3, so the
versioning does not make sense.


> - Requires(pre/postun) abuses should be pruned

When a package fills files into a directory which is not owned by this
package, it MUST be made sure that this directory exists BEFORE the
package is unpackaged. Ditto for uninstalling.

Requires(pre/postun) is the only way which *guarantees* that.


> - -gtk should be renamed to -gui

I heard no technical reasons for that and because I like '-gtk' more,
I am not going to change that.

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