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On 01/01/13 23:01, Jeff Horelick wrote: |
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> I would like to propose a switch of the order of DEPENDs in |
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> virtual/pkgconfig to make dev-util/pkgconf[pkg-config] the default |
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> choice for new installations. |
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> dev-util/pkgconf has less external dependencies, is lighter and is |
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> faster than dev-util/pkgconfig while being now 100% compatible |
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> This switch has already been made by Funtoo, Alpine Linux and FreeBSD |
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> with very little in the way of ill effects recently from any of those |
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> 3 camps. |
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> There are no more pending bugs against pkgconf (and Diego did a |
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> tinderbox run with it a while back) in Gentoo. |
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> pkgconf also has a upstream that is more than happy to work with us |
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> specifically (or anyone for that matter) and I (a Gentoo developer) am |
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> one of the upstream developers. |
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> If this is approved, I will make the change in ~2 weeks. I'm not |
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> planning on making a news item because users should notice little |
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> difference. |
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> Thanks |
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> Jeff |
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i'd say never. there is no benefit in switching. pkg-config is the |
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default implementation from freedesktop.org. |
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pkg-config is now lighter and has less dependencies than before as the |
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switch from bundled glib1 to glib2 allowed dropping of the popt library. |
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and since pkgconf upstream doesn't properly follow pkg-config upstream |
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git and do necessary changes, like for bug 445796 it would mean |
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pkg-config related bugs would have to be reported to double upstream and |
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thus, not be maintainable |
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last I checked prefix didn't have issues with the pkg-config bootstrap |
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either. there is no circular deps either. |
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lose-lose situation for the switch, so over my commit access ;-) |
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