Mailinglist Archive: zypp-devel (43 mails)

[Klaus Kaempf <kkaempf@xxxxxxx>]

* Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett <dmacvicar@xxxxxxx> [Apr 24. 2007 16:53]:
> 
> I have been thinking how to do what is the most difficult part, und this is 
> integrating the pieces together so they make some sense, so then we can have 
> something working that makes much easier to fill the mssing parts
> 
> The problem is, breaking one piece while we adapt the others.
> 
> Proposal, not perfect but I think it is at least doable:
> 
> - Reimplement from scratch
> -> SourceFactory, SourceManager, Source and SourceImpl
> as Repository*

We should investigate here and get a better feeling on the effort
involved.

> 
> That way there will be 2 ways of managing the sources. This will not break old 
> apps. The only caveat (tip by Michael), is to make resolvables have a link to 
> _either_ a Source or a new Repository, basically, both, just to make it work 
> (old commit will use source, new commit use the repository info, only info as 
> sources dont handle media anymore)
> 
> Then we can fork zypper and try to make it work with cached sources, but the 
> old programs still work, until we port all, and then we remove the old 
> classes.
> 
> what do you think?

I think doing gradual changes and keep old programs still working is a very
good approach.


Klaus
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