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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] xdg.eclass: break dependency loop with glib and utility packages
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:24:27
Message-Id: CAJ0EP41yMrYuUeAQezNoy+36tcmoCPKzvOGZHNcGn9Eiitp3kA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] xdg.eclass: break dependency loop with glib and utility packages by Gilles Dartiguelongue
1 On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Gilles Dartiguelongue <eva@g.o> wrote:
2 > Hello all,
3 >
4 > making gnome2.eclass depend on xdg.eclass has the unfortunate
5 > consequence of having xdg utility package in the dependency loop of
6 > glib which uses gnome2.eclass for various features (such as gsettings
7 > schema compilation).
8 >
9 > Since there is no other need that I know of to make these dependencies
10 > optional for xdg.eclass, I am proposing to have them skipped for glib
11 > only.
12 >
13 > This issue currently breaks stage generation.
14
15 This change seems reasonable.
16
17 Off topic: For future patch submissions, I would suggest using
18 git-send-email; reviewing patches as attachments is annoying.