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* Simon Stelling <blubb@g.o> schrieb: |
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> Enrico Weigelt wrote: |
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> >Oh hell, this can't be serious ! |
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> It is. |
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> >It mixes up diffent things to one and just introduces new |
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> >problems instead of solving anything. I could live with that, |
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> >if it's for supporting different ABIs, but it obviously isn't. |
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> What sort of problems? An example backing up your claims would be very nice. |
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+ Additional complexity (slotting) is necessary, so additional |
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changes of bugs. |
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+ Package maintainers have to both take care of slots *and* |
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version number *ranges* |
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+ Different packages are treated as equal, produces confusion |
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<snip> |
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> >gtk1 and gtk2 are completely different packages, they're not |
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> >compatible. So why should they be one package ? Just because |
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> >they share some ideas and the name ?! |
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> Yes. Why not, after all? |
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So, why don't you consider libxml and libxml2 equal packages ? |
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<snip> |
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> >For example, there are lots of packages requiring gtk1, other |
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> >gtk2. As long as dependencies don't cope the slot cleanly, |
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> >slotting is utterly useless. |
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> =x11-libs/gtk+-1.2* |
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> >x11-libs/gtk+-2 |
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> do a decent job. |
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As said: you have to take care of version *ranges*. |
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Adds additional complexity. |
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BTW: how do you enforce an minimum gtk1 version ? |
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Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ |
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Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: |
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http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce |
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Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: |
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http://patches.metux.de/ |
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