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On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 13:41:25 -0400 |
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Ned Ludd <solar@g.o> wrote: |
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> In your own words what benefit does this have over |
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> kernel_linux? ( acl? ( sys-apps/acl )) |
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It moves all of the platform-conditional voodoo into one place, which |
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helps maintainability and will greatly reduce the work involved in |
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adding a new port that may use a different package for ACL support. We |
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had a lengthy discussion on this topic between the *BSD and portage |
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teams some time last year, and the consensus was that the correct |
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solution was to move all the deps that change between platforms into |
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one place (the new-style virtual category). I haven't seen anything |
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change that would make for a different conclusion were the same |
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discussion to happen now. Especially when more packages appear which |
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are widely depended upon and change between platforms, and more |
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platforms are added, this approach will greatly reduce the maintenance |
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burden that Gentoo/Alt projects place upon the main tree. |
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