Mailinglist Archive: zypp-devel (148 mails)

[Michael Andres <ma@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Mar 28, Michael Matz wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, Duncan Mac-Vicar P. wrote:
>
> > Pool by itself is a transaction.
>
> Ehh?  No, it isn't.  I never understood the use of the word 'transaction' 
> in libzypp (or "an item transacts", which gives me even more creeps).  A 

Pool is used to build a transaction.

Transaction is the collection of packages to be installed/deleted, giving 
you a new system content.

"an item transacts" It is included in the transaction, eiter to 
be installed or to be deleted.

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cu,
    Michael Andres

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