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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [pre-GLEP] Optional runtime dependencies via runtime-switchable USE flags
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:53:43
Message-Id: 20120621105419.32f7e550@pomiocik.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [pre-GLEP] Optional runtime dependencies via runtime-switchable USE flags by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:41:23 +0100
2 Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:42:36 +0200
5 > Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
6 > > > > You just volunteered to write portage patches. Cheers.
7 > > >
8 > > > Both were already implemented in Paludis, if you're looking for a
9 > > > reference implementation to try it out. There are also examples of
10 > > > use of SDEPEND in the old kdebuilds, and of DEPENDENCIES in
11 > > > Exherbo. I can give you a small patch to turn SDEPEND on for an
12 > > > EAPI if you like (it's just a one line addition to the EAPI
13 > > > definition file).
14 > >
15 > > Wait, did I just write to exherbo ml? No, don't think so.
16 > > 'Implemented in Paludis' doesn't work here. We're discussing Gentoo
17 > > features, and official package manager in Gentoo is portage. If you
18 > > don't believe me, check out the docs.
19 >
20 > And since when was "Implemented in Portage" a requirement for an EAPI
21 > feature?
22
23 Remember EAPI4 and features which had reference implementation not
24 in portage?
25
26 --
27 Best regards,
28 Michał Górny

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