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On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:02:38 +0200 |
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Petteri Räty <betelgeuse@g.o> wrote: |
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> Here's how we could change Portage behavior for pulling new slots that |
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> are not strictly required: |
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> - for packages in the world file install as soon as available |
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> - for dependencies install the new slot if everything works with the |
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> new slot |
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> This would mean that Portage would stay with 2.6 as long as you have |
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> something that doesn't work with 3.x installed. |
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Why would you want the majority of your packages that can use a newer, |
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shinier version of a library to continue using the old version? Do you |
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really want to stick with Qt3 until every single app you have supports |
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Qt4? |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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