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From: Ian Stakenvicius <axs@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Dropping slotted boost
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:57:49
Message-Id: 509030E5.3090508@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Dropping slotted boost by "Tomáš Chvátal"
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4 On 30/10/12 03:45 PM, Tomáš Chvátal wrote:
5 > Dne Út 30. října 2012 20:24:26, Michał Górny napsal(a):
6 >> On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:30:16 -0700
7 >>
8 >> Diego Elio Pettenò <flameeyes@×××××××××.eu> wrote:
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10 >>
11 >>> So given that it's a PITA for the maintainers, a PITA for the
12 >>> users, eselect boost has been shown to be a bad idea and so on
13 >>> ... can we just go back to just install it and that's about
14 >>> it?
15 >>
16 >> How are you going to solve the issue of a lot of packages being
17 >> broken with new boost versions? Are you volunteering to keep
18 >> fixing them with each release?
19 >
20 > Simple, as any other lib, depend on older version and possibly port
21 > it forward. If that does not work then mask and wipe. Life goes
22 > on.
23 >
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25 If we un-slot boost there won't be an 'older' version available on
26 users systems anymore; when the new boost hits ~arch and then stable,
27 all ~arch / stable rdeps will -need- to build against that version of
28 boost, period (or be lastrite'd as ssuominen suggested) .... unless
29 i'm missing your meaning here?
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Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Dropping slotted boost Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o>