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> How do we handle packages which install multiple libraries? I'm afraid |
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> forcing such a policy and/or hurrying developers to adapt will only |
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> cause more of poppler-like issues to occur. |
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Well, the best technical solution for this is probably "subslot dictionaries" |
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as suggested in bug 462138. Then, for each library a separate subslot could be |
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declared, and programs can only be rebuilt if really needed. However, |
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1) I see this as a measure only for special cases, since it once again |
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increases the maintainer burden. Going from subslot to subslot dictionary |
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should only be done in a package if it's really worth the effort. |
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2) Maybe we should consider decoupling the subslot from the slot then. I.e. |
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introducing a separate variable SUBSLOT. |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=462138 |
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Andreas K. Huettel |
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Gentoo Linux developer (council, kde) |
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dilfridge@g.o |
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http://www.akhuettel.de/ |
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