Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758304AbZKDWTh (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:19:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758252AbZKDWTg (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:19:36 -0500 Received: from mail-yw0-f202.google.com ([209.85.211.202]:47791 "EHLO mail-yw0-f202.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752377AbZKDWTf (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:19:35 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=P3zKi2CbABhnQ8+X/n6FUdyAopzxntX40HCXlibqlzDqxjgOJhtmZ0oLqIfXCjJClL EBr1KediVUF50bsX76sm0U3vRTNRAjEyYJ9/jhEPMXKjWsQ+dnqC6BirC27kchDleXi2 GtKjDIh5U5QtjGJc0zooI8HUuvVBksqHF83Pg= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <200911041848.48721.tweek@tweek.dk> <22108.1257364949@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <23950.1257367315@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <7004b08e0911041332x259c02afg612be7eb02e4d6bb@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:19:38 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: package managers [was: FatELF patches...] From: Marcin Letyns To: Mikulas Patocka , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1636 Lines: 34 2009/11/4 Mikulas Patocka : > > It interferred with my will to install the version of the software that I > want. You did it in very idiotic way... > > If you need new 3D driver because of better gaming performance ... if you > need new lame because it encodes mp3 better ... if you need new libsane > because it supports the new scanner that you have ... you are going to > face the same problems like me when I needed new binutils. But the big > problem is that persons needing these things usually don't have enough > skills to install the software on their own and then fight with the > package management system. You use a rolling distro or add a proper repository with newer packages. Nope, I never faced such problems, but I'm smart enough to install software in a proper way. I consider package managers being killer features you can only dream about being windows user. > On Windows, the user can just download the EXE, run it, click > next-next-next-finish and have it installed. There is no package > management that would try to overwrite what you have just installed. On windows, user cannot upgrade entire system in such easy way (he can't even install a thing in such easy way) as Linux distros let you to do so. I recommend you to stop writing such bull. It was you, who wanted to overwrite what you have just installed. Stop trolling. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/