Re: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH] Save dependencies as :=3 not :3=.

[Zac Medico]

On 09/11/2012 12:33 AM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:54:42 -0700
> Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 05:54:51PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
>>> This takes us back to the Council-approved syntax, as opposed to the
>>> change introduced with sub-slots.
>>> ---
>>>  dependencies.tex | 2 +-
>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/dependencies.tex b/dependencies.tex
>>> index 47c0261..8c3f31d 100644
>>> --- a/dependencies.tex
>>> +++ b/dependencies.tex
>>> @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ identically to the plain equals slot operator.
>>>  To implement the equals slot operator, the package manager will
>>> need to store the slot/sub-slot pair of the best installed version
>>> of the matching package. This syntax is only for package manager
>>> use and must not be used by ebuilds. The package manager may do
>>> this by inserting the appropriate -slot/sub-slot pair between the
>>> colon and equals sign when saving the package's dependencies. The
>>> +slot/sub-slot pair after the equals sign when saving the package's
>>> dependencies. The sub-slot part must not be omitted here (when the
>>> SLOT variable omits the sub-slot part, the package is considered to
>>> have an implicit sub-slot which is equal to the regular slot).
>>
>> Yes please; :3= I thought bug-fricking-ugly.
>
> Hrm. Although... We need to decide how a :3= dep in an ebuild is
> rewritten for VDB. Do we rewrite to to :3/3.3= or to :3=3/3.3? The
> latter has the advantage that we can tell just from the VDB what the
> original spec was.
>
> The way it's worded without the patch has the benefit that stuff on the
> left of the = is written by the developer, and stuff on the right by the
> package mangler.

The latter one looks good to me.
-- 
Thanks,
Zac