On 14 Jun 2008, at 20:02, Luca Barbato wrote:
> Fernando J. Pereda wrote:
>> On 14 Jun 2008, at 19:36, Luca Barbato wrote:
>>> Bernd Steinhauser wrote:
>>>>>> With your approach, we would have to fix the version after  
>>>>>> every 4.1.x release. That sounds awful, tbh. So:
>>>>>
>>>>> No that enforce people update the deps or at least gives one  
>>>>> more reason to do. Keep in mind that -9999, -scm ebuild or .live  
>>>>> templates aren't for public consumption.
>>>> Except, that it is not that easy.
>>>> The point of time where you have to update your kde deps has  
>>>> nothing to do with that.
>>>> This is why we recommend to always reinstall everything from kde  
>>>> svn.
>>>> It is even more likely, that these problems occur after the  
>>>> "bump", that shouldn't have been one at all.
>>>
>>> emerge -C @kde-svn
>>>
>>> emerge @kde-svn
>>>
>>> that should suffice.
>> I don't see that working for something like, say, python or glibc.
>
> do you really want to use live ebuild of THOSE?

Why not?

> (btw they are single packages, emerge =python-9999 works as should)

So what was your proposal all about?

- ferdy

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