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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Policy for migrating library consumers to subslots
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:20:20
Message-Id: 20130926122007.2d1fa2ea@googlemail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Policy for migrating library consumers to subslots by Michael Palimaka
1 On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 21:14:11 +1000
2 Michael Palimaka <kensington@g.o> wrote:
3 > On 26/09/2013 20:55, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
4 > > On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:51:26 +1000
5 > > Michael Palimaka <kensington@g.o> wrote:
6 > >> There isn't a 100% perfect solution currently, and I agree that
7 > >> hurrying people will simply move us from "not enough rebuilds" to
8 > >> "too many rebuilds".
9 > >
10 > > This is still a huge improvement.
11 >
12 > At the same time, it's also a huge regression.
13
14 It's only a regression if you think "occasional unnecessary recompiles"
15 is a problem. And if you do think it's a problem, there are better
16 things to change to "fix" it, such as allowing full recompiles to be
17 avoided for minor changes to a package.
18
19 --
20 Ciaran McCreesh

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