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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC about another *DEPEND variable
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:00:31
Message-Id: 200609210952.27835.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC about another *DEPEND variable by Brian Harring
1 On Thursday 21 September 2006 07:59, Brian Harring wrote:
2 > Why have the explicit var? Because 0.9.7a through 0.9.7c may all be
3 > compatible, but 0.9.7d isn't. If you force an automatic algo that
4 > tries to (effectively) guess, you get a lot of rebuilds through a,b,c,
5 > end result being folks likely update less because it becomes a bigger
6 > pain in the ass.
7
8 if it isnt compatible then it shouldnt have the same SONAME, simple as
9 that ... that is after all the point of encoding the ABI version number into
10 the SONAME
11
12 forcing devs to maintain a manual var which is basically duplicating the
13 SONAME smells like maintenance nightmare
14 -mike

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC about another *DEPEND variable Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC about another *DEPEND variable Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC about another *DEPEND variable Duncan Coutts <dcoutts@g.o>