Re: [gentoo-dev] don't rely on dynamic deps

[Michał Górny]

Dnia 2014-07-22, o godz. 00:13:13
Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o> napisał(a):

>
> On 21/07/14 23:56, Michał Górny wrote:
> > Now... whether dynamic deps are technically the right thing to do is another
> > question. It merits discussion, but we need to be really sure about the
> > consequences of any change.
> > Yes, it does. I'm not sure if it leads anywhere, though. Dynamic deps
> > are a pipe dream. You can't implement them properly, so we're using
> > half-working implementation as an excuse to be lazy.
>
> What's lazy is maintainer doing revision bump without thinking
> if it's really required, spreading his laziness upon every users
> machine (by triggering revision bump driven rebuild)

Yes, users much more prefer random breakage over time. And debugging
the issues save us a lot of time!

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Best regards,
Michał Górny