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** get pkg to accept a deprecated directory inside the package and add it to the search path. Functions in those directories would have to be treated the same as the ones inside the core deprecated
** get pkg to accept a deprecated directory inside the package and add it to the search path. Functions in those directories would have to be treated the same as the ones inside the core deprecated
** PKG_ADD can be used to hack this. Package developers would still have to actually write the warnings on the function code but this would allow to have the functions in a separate directory so they don't foget to remove them on the next release
** PKG_ADD can be used to hack this. Package developers would still have to actually write the warnings on the function code but this would allow to have the functions in a separate directory so they don't foget to remove them on the next release
** the package developer can also use something like Make to create a ''normal'' package from something that actually had a more complex structure, inclusive deprecated directories
* get pkg to resolve dependencies automatically by downloading and installing them too
* get pkg to resolve dependencies automatically by downloading and installing them too
* allow to download and install multiple versions of the same package
* allow to download and install multiple versions of the same package