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From: Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: optinal run time dependencies
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:18:20
Message-Id: 4E244E88.7030501@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: optinal run time dependencies by Ciaran McCreesh
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4 On 18/07/2011 05:45 μμ, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
5 > On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:25:08 +0300
6 > Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> wrote:
7 >>> If you have suggested dependencies, you don't need to use
8 >>> pkg_postinst, since suggested dependencies are better.
9 >>>
10 >> You may need some extra text to explain why these dependencies are
11 >> needed, or what kind of runtime functionality they provide
12 >
13 > No, that's part of the suggestion itself (and is something that's
14 > needed for blockers too). One fairly elegant way of doing it is:
15 >
16 > http://exherbo.org/docs/exheres-for-smarties.html#annotations
17 >
18 >> or how to enable/disable them etc.
19 >
20 > And that's part of how to use the package manager.
21 >
22 So we are not just talking about a new variable (SDEPEND) but about a
23 new notation as well. To be honest, I like the exherbo approach. I would
24 like the council to include this topic in the upcoming agenda
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26 - --
27 Regards,
28 Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
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