decent software maintainers
 

does anyone know of any decent software maintainers that will automatically update software and its dependancies? or are we stuck?

apt-get install debian
emerge gentoo

for slackware -> swaret

thats the 1 im looking for :)
thanks

will this allow me to upgrade and keep inline with new releases of the distro (i.e. go from 9.1 to 9.2 without reinstalling?)

yes it will :)
but you'll have some *.new files hanging around (in /etc for example) but those are quickly removed...

I install with my Slackware 9.0 cd's, install swaret, and then it begins:
Insert my cd with crucial updates (I don't feel like downloading everything twice or more...) so glibc and gcc and the likes get updated, and then I run an update against a slackware mirror (easily configured). I see what else I would like, and I am before the final updates already running slackware 9.1 :)

and now I just keep up to date by running swaret with the current branch ...