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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 14:26:25
Message-Id: 4E244244.3050601@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 05:02 ??, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
5 > On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:44:27 +0300
6 > Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> wrote:
7 >> Whilst I like the new variable approach, I think this adds too much
8 >> overhead to the already bloated ebuild writing.
9 >> pkg_postinst messages include not only the optional dependencies but
10 >> other useful messages as well. So you may end up using both SDEPEND
11 >> and pkg_postinst.
12 >
13 > If you have suggested dependencies, you don't need to use pkg_postinst,
14 > since suggested dependencies are better.
15 >
16 You may need some extra text to explain why these dependencies are
17 needed, or what kind of runtime functionality they provide or how to
18 enable/disable them etc.
19
20 - --
21 Regards,
22 Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: optinal run time dependencies Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>