Re: SLOTs (Re: Package system)

["Klaus-J. Wolf" <yanestra@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

ibotty wrote:
> back in the days, when I was using gentoo, i found slots very useful.
> I still like them... but! when you track an unstable portage branch, those
> slots are not always enough. Sometimes, you end up with package A, that
> needs B in slot 1 (-> B[1]), but is incompatible with B Version 1.1, which
> is also in slot 1.

I am thinking aloud... What about a virtual file system that is a mere 
projection of one or more physical file systems...?

I have been busy on developing such a thing under Linux months ago, 
until the money supply dried off.