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On Thursday 09 April 2009 19:06:16 Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: |
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> > dev-lang/python |
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> So, wait, you want to depend on specific slots of python and keep them |
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> around, and manage all their related bugs? Isn't that exactly the |
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> opposite of what python upstream suggests, and *ALL* distros do? |
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If you install a Python library for Python x.y, even if the library itself can |
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support other versions, then the installed package depends on Python x.y, |
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period. Using := is simply acknowledging that fact. It doesn't mean you |
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have to keep x.y around for all time, but it does mean that the package |
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manager knows what needs to be reinstalled before x.y can safely be removed. |
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> @preserved-libs. More generic, a low-level catch-all for library |
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> breakages, and more convenient for users (rebuild as and when |
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> possible, not *right now* lest everything break). |
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More generic? @preserved-libs knows about Python now? And the whole point of |
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slotting is that you can keep old versions installed, so you don't need to |
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rebuild dependent packages "right now". |
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