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Ingo Bormuth wrote: |
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> Hi dev-list, |
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> what is the rule concerning when to introduce new virtuals? |
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> I created an ebuild for metaocaml which is a real drop in replacement for |
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> the ocaml programming language allowing for metaprogramming and dynamic |
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> linking. Metaocaml in fact is a patched version of ocaml. |
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> For licence reasons the patch is not available so I cannot optionally |
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> apply it in the ocaml ebuild. |
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> Would you in such a case create a new virtual or just |
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> PROVIDE "dev-lang/ocaml" in the metaocaml ebuild ? |
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> More information: Bug #111407 |
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> Thanks Ingo |
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For a small number of deps ( IE 2 providers ) you can use an || depend atom. |
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|| ( dev-lang/ocaml dev-lang/metaocaml ) -> for example |
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Regardless of the outcome ( virtual vs no virtual ) the virtual should |
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be a new style, and not an old style virtual. I would say one is not |
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necessary here however. |
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