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From: Alex Alexander <wired@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] A more natural (human-friendly) syntax for dependencies
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 09:09:36
Message-Id: CAMUzOajh2rQJH3rg0d0oWpqEZxs9k3qmq+mHf5jgB4--tDOaAQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] A more natural (human-friendly) syntax for dependencies by "Michał Górny"
1 On Sep 22, 2012 10:58 AM, "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
2 >
3 > Hello,
4 >
5 > The current dependency syntax:
6 >
7 > [VERSION-OP] PACKAGE-NAME ["-" PACKAGE-VERSION]
8 >
9 > suffers a few problems:
10
11 The syntax you are describing is used all over portage, not just
12 dependencies. Some examples are the /etc/portage/package.* files,
13 has_version or exact version matching when emerging.
14
15 Changing it just for dependencies would most certainly confuse people and
16 tbh I like the current syntax :-)
17
18 Alex | wired

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