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On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 09:35:05 +0200 |
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Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> I don't think we can start drafting until we agree on one solution. |
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> AFAICS there are two major ideas: |
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> 1) using special USEflags for that (which I can draft if you like), |
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> 2) copying DEPENDENCIES syntax from exherbo. I guess there's nothing |
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> special to draft here, only to decide on how much to copy. |
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> First gives you compat and handles all the cases, second one either |
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> doesn't handle everything or forces a completely new syntax. |
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As well as drafting it, you should produce a test implementation and |
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try out a whole bunch of packages by using it. The last time a big user |
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visible UI related feature like this ended up in PMS without a prior |
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implementation, it ended up having several fairly nasty problems... |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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