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On 12/12/07, Mart Raudsepp <leio@g.o> wrote: |
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> With no slotting I can bet on GnuPG-1 going away shortly after all |
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> architectures have stabled GnuPG-2, |
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gpg-1.X series will be available as long as upstream maintain it. |
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> or is that not so and such users can |
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> mask >=GnuPG-1.9 and keep using a smaller version that perfectly fits |
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> their needs? If yes, why not slot it as is designed? |
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Slotting makes logic if there is some advantage of having both slots |
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installed at the same machine, as gnupg-2 does all gnupg-1 does, there |
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is no point in slotting, forcing users to mess with eselect in order |
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to resolve the dependency of other packages with gnupg. |
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You can always mask >=gnupg-2 if you want the 1.X series on embedded devices. |
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Best Regards, |
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Alon Bar-Lev. |
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