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Am 23.04.2011 08:05, schrieb Eray Aslan: |
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> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364445 |
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> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364401 |
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> Basically, there are requests to add packages to RDEPEND in virtual/mda |
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> and virtual/mta that are not in the official tree but in sunrise. |
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> On one side, *DEPENDing on a package outside the tree doesn't seem |
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> right. Additionally, keeping track of all the overlays and their |
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> package versions, USE flags and flag changes are potentially too much to |
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> track. We will be making changes to a virtual package without testing |
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> whether it works. |
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"Doesnt seem right" sounds like a feeling, but is no real argument for me. |
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Afaik you dont need to track package versions, USE flags or flag changes at all for those requested |
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additions, so i dont see any potential additional work in the first place. If an overlay package |
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changes and requires an adjustment in the virtual, the overlay maintainer has to track it and has to |
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request the changes, not much to do on the virtual maintainer side. And since there always is at |
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least one choice in the main tree, it would not even harm other people, if the overlay package is |
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broken at any time. |
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> On the other hand, we are making life (unneccesarily?) difficult for |
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> overlay users by not incorporating the requested changes to the official |
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> tree. |
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> Comments on how to proceed? Is it OK for a virtual to list a package |
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> which is in an overlay in RDEPEND? |
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Thomas Sachau |
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