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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: oldnet scripts splitting out from OpenRC
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:12:09
Message-Id: robbat2-20130426T180931-499106181Z@orbis-terrarum.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: oldnet scripts splitting out from OpenRC by "Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn"
1 On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 07:27:06PM +0200, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote:
2 > William Hubbs schrieb:
3 > > if we keep a dependency for a while, even behind something like
4 > > IUSE="+oldnet", when we drop it, people will still be hit if they
5 > > do emerge --depclean before they emerge gentoo-oldnet.
6 >
7 > In my opinion USE flags should toggle dependencies only in
8 > metapackages or rare exceptions.
9 > I suggest to include gentoo-oldnet (or whatever name you choose for
10 > it) in the @system set once it is stable, and until then be a hard
11 > dependency of OpenRC.
12 Please note that openrc itself is NOT in the @system set.
13
14 sys-apps/baselayout is, and has PDEPEND on openrc.
15
16 --
17 Robin Hugh Johnson
18 Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead
19 E-Mail : robbat2@g.o
20 GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85

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Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: oldnet scripts splitting out from OpenRC Ian Stakenvicius <axs@g.o>