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From: Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] tr1 dependencies
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:04:21
Message-Id: 20070201000049.GB11452@seldon
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] tr1 dependencies by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 11:38:04PM +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
2 > On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:32:03 -0800 Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com>
3 > wrote:
4 > | You're ignoring that new style virtuals can have versions; thus
5 > | virtual/tr-[arbitrary version <1]
6 > | can be 'almost full 1 support'.
7 >
8 > Which means what, in terms of parts of tr1 that are and aren't supplied
9 > by various people? There's no nice neat linear progression there,
10 > beyond most things requiring a few of the new basic utilities.
11
12 The linear progression would be made up as you go- admittedly, if a
13 third provider shows up, scheme goes to hell.
14
15 Don't claim it's the best notion, but it's definitely a fallback
16 option assuming nothing decent is found.
17
18 ~harring

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Re: [gentoo-dev] tr1 dependencies Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@×××××××.org>