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From: Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Introducing an optional files directory in the Portage tree with an embedded install condition and individual maintainers. (was Re: [gentoo-project] Proposal for add-on file utility (run after emerge update))
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:10:46
Message-Id: 20130616190801.2eef151e@TOMWIJ-GENTOO
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Introducing an optional files directory in the Portage tree with an embedded install condition and individual maintainers. (was Re: [gentoo-project] Proposal for add-on file utility (run after emerge update)) by "Rick \\\"Zero_Chaos\\\" Farina"
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4 On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:03:29 -0400
5 "Rick \"Zero_Chaos\" Farina" <zerochaos@g.o> wrote:
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7 > On 06/16/2013 06:21 AM, Tom Wijsman wrote:
8 > > Files in this directory have a special header, it should
9 > > contain a condition based on which to install (eg. package to be
10 > > present) and
11 >
12 > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/automagic.xml
13 >
14 > We have established policy against just this type of behavior. I'm
15 > sorry, automagic dependencies is not okay.
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17 The conditions don't have to be automatic, that was a mere example to
18 fill in the template of this idea; you could base it upon something
19 configurable by the user. Many of this isn't thought through; this is
20 why this is merely an idea and not a GLEP proposal, given the feedback
21 I'm not even sure whether I am still going to write one. If the need
22 for it drops over the next two weeks, that would be a waste of time...
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25 With kind regards,
26
27 Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
28 Gentoo Developer
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