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From: Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] don't rely on dynamic deps
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 21:50:17
Message-Id: CAATnKFCvRv9pacEgpZuv2eTfWkd4w+m3+c+FYpB5ehsOaOMPsg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] don't rely on dynamic deps by Rich Freeman
1 On 28 July 2014 09:34, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
2
3 > and if it doesn't work for them,
4 > they'll sync in the updates one way or another (using an overlay if
5 > necessary).
6 >
7
8 However, in the case the package gets removed from tree, an updates based
9 approach would allow the dependencies to be cleaned up long after the
10 package itself is gone.
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12 And this proves useful, because one of the questions people tend to ask (
13 or should ) when experiencing problems is "did you sync lately". If they
14 did sync lately, our best attempts at fixing their bug is employed.
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18 Kent
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20 *KENTNL* - https://metacpan.org/author/KENTNL

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Re: [gentoo-dev] don't rely on dynamic deps Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>