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 transaction is a collection of units of work, not a collection of things. A unit of work, when applied to a thing gives you a new think, hence a transaction is comparable to a function, and the pool comparable to a simple set on which a transaction can be applied (giving you a new pool). (For nitpicks: yes, a function also is just a special set, but it's cleaner to differentiate between both concepts).
transaction (I will start calling the pool transaction since today, to use the new buzz)
I hope you reconsider. My toenails curl up when I hear that :) Ciao, Michael. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: zypp-devel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: zypp-devel+help@opensuse.org