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On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 4:57 PM, hasufell <hasufell@g.o> wrote: |
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> Why not introduce a global useflag such as "suggested-deps" which |
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> complies with GLEP 62 meaning it will be in IUSE_RUNTIME. |
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How do you manage to fix the PDEPEND "identity disorder" problem then? |
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Teaching devs to move to GLEP 62 is much harder than just telling them |
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to move dep strings to more appropriate locations. |
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Moreover, your solution just makes the USE flags abuse situation |
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worse: there are packages that use USE flags just to include extra, |
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optional packages in the dependencies... See USE=bluetooth in |
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net-misc/networkmanager for example (this is what I mean with USE |
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flags abuse, actually). |
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I'm not saying that SDEPEND is the best one-size-fits-all solution but |
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you may agree that's the simplest and most effective one. |
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Fabio Erculiani |
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