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From: hasufell <hasufell@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [pre-GLEP] Optional runtime dependencies via runtime-switchable USE flags
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:45:44
Message-Id: 5061D132.5090803@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [pre-GLEP] Optional runtime dependencies via runtime-switchable USE flags by Alexis Ballier
1 On 09/25/2012 05:36 PM, Alexis Ballier wrote:
2 > On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:30:07 +0200
3 > hasufell <hasufell@g.o> wrote:
4 >
5 >> On 09/25/2012 05:25 PM, Alexis Ballier wrote:
6 >>> On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:17:07 +0200
7 >>> hasufell <hasufell@g.o> wrote:
8 >>>
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10 >>>> Hash: SHA1
11 >>>>
12 >>>> On 09/25/2012 05:10 PM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
13 >>>>> On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:04:55 +0200 hasufell <hasufell@g.o>
14 >>>>> wrote:
15 >>>>>> Do we need an implementation beforehand? Afaik zac said that the
16 >>>>>> implementation would not be very complicated, so why not vote on
17 >>>>>> this now/soon?
18 >>>>>
19 >>>>> Well we can't really compare it to SDEPEND (which is implemented
20 >>>>> in Paludis, for kdebuild-1 and exheres-0) without at least a
21 >>>>> half-arsed implementation.
22 >>>>>
23 >>>>> Also, speaking as someone who *has* implemented this kind of
24 >>>>> thing, I have extreme doubts as to the viability of the proposal.
25 >>>>> So I'd be extremely wary of voting in favour of it until we've
26 >>>>> been able to have a play with an implementation.
27 >>>>>
28 >>>>
29 >>>> sorry?
30 >>>>
31 >>>> I don't see an answers to any of my questions.
32 >>>
33 >>> he wants an implementation beforehand :)
34 >>>
35 >>
36 >> Is he a council member?
37 >>
38 >
39 > That doesn't prevent him from talking from past experiences and giving
40 > his opinion. Council is free to ignore his request also.
41 >
42
43 Yeah, I thank him for that, but the time for user opinions has passed. I
44 am asking what is preventing the _council_ from reviewing this or why
45 the _author_ of that GLEP hasn't requested it for the next council meeting.

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