Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] gtk3 useflag and support of older toolkits
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 15:59:32
Message-Id: 20120623175956.55a94045@pomiocik.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] gtk3 useflag and support of older toolkits by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 21:19:19 +0100
2 Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 23:54:21 -0400
5 > Alexandre Rostovtsev <tetromino@g.o> wrote:
6 > > For libraries, if possible, try splitting gtk2 and gtk3 support into
7 > > different slots (see net-libs/webkit-gtk for an example; the
8 > > gtk2-based versions have -r2xx revision numbers and go in slot 2,
9 > > while the gtk3-based versions have -r3xx revision numbers and go in
10 > > slot 3).
11 >
12 > That is not what revisions are for. If you can't solve a problem
13 > properly using existing mechanisms, ask for new ones.
14
15 Indeed. But reusing revisions is probably saner than abusing
16 the version number to achieve the same goal.
17
18 --
19 Best regards,
20 Michał Górny

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