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From: Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP: gentoo sync based unified deps proposal
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:13:05
Message-Id: CAB9SyzRVpKsLPd8OeJa9RRpinX48ajXgm0C7-xKaidyxfi1B6A@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP: gentoo sync based unified deps proposal by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On 17 September 2012 21:58, Ciaran McCreesh
2 <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote:
3 > On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:48:07 +0800
4 > Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o> wrote:
5 >> On 17 September 2012 20:41, Ciaran McCreesh
6 >> <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote:
7 >> > On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:49:12 +0800
8 >> > Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o> wrote:
9 >> >> Or, even easier and more straightforward: just keep using *DEPEND.
10 >> >> The case hasn't been made yet why we need to change that in the
11 >> >> first place.
12 >> >
13 >> > We're looking at something like eight *DEPEND variables in EAPI 6,
14 >> > with considerable overlap between them all.
15 >>
16 >> And like now, in the great majority of cases, only two or three will
17 >> be used.
18 >
19 > And even now, people are using COMMON_DEPEND to work around *DEPEND
20 > duplication.
21
22 Yes, and that works just fine. I don't see what's wrong with that...
23
24 --
25 Cheers,
26
27 Ben | yngwin
28 Gentoo developer
29 Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin

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Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP: gentoo sync based unified deps proposal Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>