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From: "Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com>, patrick@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Policy for migrating library consumers to subslots
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 15:10:22
Message-Id: 201309261710.47810.dilfridge@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Policy for migrating library consumers to subslots by Kent Fredric
1 Am Donnerstag, 26. September 2013, 16:04:22 schrieb Kent Fredric:
2 > On 26 September 2013 19:53, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
3 > > How do we handle packages which install multiple libraries? I'm afraid
4 > > forcing such a policy and/or hurrying developers to adapt will only
5 > > cause more of poppler-like issues to occur.
6 >
7 > Can you give a an example package which:
8 >
9 > - installs multiple libraries
10 > - has an ABI that may change for only one of those libraries
11 > - it is sane / plausible to expect one downstream dependent *not* to
12 > forcibly rebuild as a result of a chane in one of those libaries
13 > - it is sane / plausible to expect a different downstream to forcibly
14 > rebuild as a result of changes in one of those libraries
15 >
16 > I'm not saying they don't exist, but having reference cases would help
17 > discussion.
18
19 app-text/poppler
20 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=462020
21
22 --
23 Andreas K. Huettel
24 Gentoo Linux developer (council, kde)
25 dilfridge@g.o
26 http://www.akhuettel.de/

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Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Policy for migrating library consumers to subslots Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com>