[gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

[Michael Palimaka]

On 6/08/2013 01:07, Rich Freeman wrote:
> I suspect most maintainers would rather upgrade their package once to
> EAPI5 and not keep checking back every month to see if there is a new
> opportunity to add another slot operator dep.  If maintainers don't
> add them up-front even with the deps don't support them, chances are
> they'll never add them.
Historically, I have seen library maintainers asking consumer 
maintainers to add the subslot operator, where appropriate, after 
correctly implementing the subslot.

> How often does this situation even come up?  If 9/10 times the
> libraries are set up as maintainers expect them to be, it is probably
> better to deal with the odd unnecessary rebuild until somebody spots
> it, rather than going without support for slot operator deps.
With respect, "good enough" is not a very high standard to aim for. In 
my opinion, adding unnecessary subslot dependencies is no different to 
adding overly-wide dependencies.

We already have preserved-libs to prevent breakage. Subslots should be 
an improvement on this, not causing a regression.