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On 08/30/2017 02:08 PM, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote: |
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> On 08/30/2017 01:59 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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>>>>>>> On Tue, 29 Aug 2017, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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>>> I request the Council to approve a PMS change, namely to ban empty |
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>>> dependency groups like "|| ( )" or "foo? ( )". |
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>> I retract this. It appears to be controversial, which is bad for a |
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>> retroactive change. (And IMHO it is an obscure corner case anyway.) |
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> It might still be a good idea to discuss the matter, although I agree it |
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> likely is better to discuss it more broadly before it reaches the |
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> council in such cases. |
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> If anything it sounds like PMS might require some updating to be more |
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> explicit on the handling of such cases if there is uncertainty on how to |
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> interpret it. |
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Additionally, as said in an earlier email as well, it might be useful to |
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ban the nominal specification of such in ebuild in devmanual, although |
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that decision can likely be delegated to QA. |
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Kristian Fiskerstrand |
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