Name is but sound and smoke (was: Freshrpms.net concerns.)

[Marc Williams]

On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 14:27, Axel Thimm wrote:
> You are describing pinning. But it is very hard to implement proper.
> 
> > All in all, this is a limitation of up2date, that won't let me filter
> > channels according to my preferences.  Something for the up2date
> > wishlist, I guess.  Meanwhile, I think splitting repositories into
> > a finer granularity is the best way to accomplish this.
> > Unfortunately, I see this places an additional burden on the
> > volunteers that run such repositories, so...  Oh, well...  Thanks for
> > reading this far :-)
> 
> I think this splitting will become a nightmare. As I said I don't even
> yet fully understand Alternatives (and why they are _semantically_
> separated from Extras). I believe that these structures need to mature
> further before people jump on using them. After all they were created
> under high time pressure and maybe don't model the needs as they
> should.
> 
> Perhaps the authors behind these structures should give their
> interpretation/intention to the audience. ;)

I am glad to see this discussion happening publicly.  And what
thoughtful discussion it's been!  This issue is so new and important (to
me) and I am learning a lot just lurking in these threads.  I'm looking
forward to seeing and learning much more.