[idea] load package from directory

Software
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Dear Folks

AFAIK haiku load packages file from /system/packages …
can we load package from its subfolder…
let say i have folders /system/packages/office and office apps package and dependencies place there.
and other folder /system/packages/game and game package and dependencies place there…
planning is… can switch mode lets say i want to do office work and with lets say boot switch it load only from office subdirectory…
becase when i install a LOT of package… it will be longer to boot… i dont know it will usefull or not.
it will similiar with porteus linux cheat code .

forgive me if this is a bad idea…

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This make no sense because you get packages with dependencies again amd again. In the current way you get any package one time.

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…how about if base package place on top directory /system/packages? or /system/packages/base?

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Why a folder deeper as packages? The administrative folder in packages with the recover packages, if you want to start a older version of haiku, after problems past an update, make the system slow.

A known problem.

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No, this is a system directory, stataes can’t be subpartitioned into arbitrary categories.

We already allow installing packages into different dirs at the same time ( /system vs /boot/home/config), so you can add packages at will if you want without having them in the default state, the only thing missing would be a good UI to manage that, but that just aswell be a third party package.

This assertion is wrong afaik , Technically resolving deps could take slightly longer, but “installation” is basically instant. If your boot takes too long it’s probably not this (and if it is it might be a bug)

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Really? A gui like this should be a part of haiku himself, because of security conditions.

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What security? I don’t see how mounting packages somewhere is a security concern, especially since e.g haikuporter already does this

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has something to do with feelings when using it. if it is something that comes from the system, most users assume that it is safe.

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Ah… thanks for your clarification…

…maybe need a kind of benchmark to prove it…