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Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> On Thursday 21 September 2006 07:59, Brian Harring wrote: |
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>> Why have the explicit var? Because 0.9.7a through 0.9.7c may all be |
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>> compatible, but 0.9.7d isn't. If you force an automatic algo that |
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>> tries to (effectively) guess, you get a lot of rebuilds through a,b,c, |
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>> end result being folks likely update less because it becomes a bigger |
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>> pain in the ass. |
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> if it isnt compatible then it shouldnt have the same SONAME, simple as |
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> that ... that is after all the point of encoding the ABI version number into |
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> the SONAME |
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> |
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> forcing devs to maintain a manual var which is basically duplicating the |
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> SONAME smells like maintenance nightmare |
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Not adding it into the ebuild means that it's impossible to show in |
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advance what packages will actually be installed, because you don't know |
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whether the sover will bump. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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