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Am Montag, 21. Juli 2014, 21:37:17 schrieb hasufell: |
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> afaiu dynamic deps are broken and not defined in PMS |
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> still... people seem to fix deps without revbumping, causing users who |
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> either don't use dynamic deps (it's optional for portage through |
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> --dynamic-deps=y, although it's on by default) or who use a different PM |
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> to not get the fix, at worst resulting in broken dependency calculation |
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> suggestion: |
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> * stop fixing dependencies without revbumping |
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> * add an appropriate question to the dev quiz |
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> * remove dynamic deps from portage (afair that is already considered by |
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> the portage team) |
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Actually the quizzes are pretty much clear on that. |
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Revision must be bumped when the on-disk files installed by the ebuild are |
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changed. |
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Nothing about dependencies. |
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This has been policy for a LONG time, and we're not going to change it |
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overnight just because you protest. |
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Now... whether dynamic deps are technically the right thing to do is another |
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question. It merits discussion, but we need to be really sure about the |
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consequences of any change. |
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Andreas K. Huettel |
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Gentoo Linux developer |
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dilfridge@g.o |
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http://www.akhuettel.de/ |
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