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On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 10:16:42 -0700 |
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Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> wrote: |
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> I don't think the documentation forbids what these developers are |
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> doing. |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=1 |
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"This means that counting goes as follows: 1.0 (initial version), |
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1.0-r1, 1.0-r2, etc." |
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It's not illegal, but it's also not in line with how versions and slots |
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have interacted up until now. |
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> I think you implemented a nice heuristic for your users in your |
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> resolver that used to work because slots had a typical set of users |
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> cases and the heuristic performed well in those cases. |
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> Now people are occasionally using slots in a different way and your |
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> heuristic penalizes those cases. That sucks, but you might have to |
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> actually change your resolver because I don't think 'funky-slots' |
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> properties is going to garner much adoption. |
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You mean, instead of implementing trivial marking, which takes |
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developers a few seconds, you want to screw over users? I think that |
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says a lot about Gentoo's attitude... |
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Ciaran McCreesh |