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On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 08:10:03PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Thu, 12 May 2005 04:01:17 +0900 Georgi Georgiev <chutz@×××.net> |
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> wrote: |
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> | How do we prevent a current category/package combination like |
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> | net-wireless/gnome-phone-manager from becoming something else like |
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> | app-cellphone/gnome-phone-manager? |
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> Two options: |
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> * Smarter updates handling by portage. For example, maybe it could |
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> realise that the package in question has been moved, and automatically |
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> do the update (along with a QA notice: assumed package move blah). This |
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> would also help for those unfortunate times when we don't manage to do a |
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> huge package move in under the required half an hour. |
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That requires _active_ translation of deps. The current |
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search/replace type hackery is binpkg/vdb based, doesn't do jack for |
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ebuilds that still point at the old location. |
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> * Unique ID strings for packages, zynot style. Messy as hell though, |
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> DEPEND="foo/bar {12379812AD7382164BD87678652438FC65E43A2}" doesn't have |
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> the same kind of ring to it... |
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Actually... iirc, at least internally the unique 'key' for a cpv |
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that's being kicked around collapses cat/pkg/slot/use. Not much for |
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tacking on more metadata, since the unique key/id bit above still |
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requires active translation of deps as they're encountered. |
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No really easy way to dodge that, nor does it sound like stable |
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material. (my opinion mind you). |
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~brian |
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