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Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:58:35 -0300
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From: "Federico G. Benavento" <benavento@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 1:54 PM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wro=
te:
>> Also, is the size of the namespace list an issue?
>
> how does history(1) work in the face of a complicated namespace?
> we get buy now because the rules are pretty simple. =C2=A0if you want to
> find how the modifications to /386/lib/libc.a, you know where that
> is. =C2=A0if you bind 100 packages on top of /386/lib, it becomes necessa=
ry
> to deconstruct namespaces continually. =C2=A0the abstraction of namespace
> starts to break down.
>

this also breaks plumbing while debugging with acid unless quirky
namespace is global, but then if it's global why do you need the binds!


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