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From: Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] don't rely on dynamic deps
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:18:17
Message-Id: 53CD8269.3050808@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] don't rely on dynamic deps by "Michał Górny"
1 On 21/07/14 23:56, Micha³ Górny wrote:
2 > Now... whether dynamic deps are technically the right thing to do is another
3 > question. It merits discussion, but we need to be really sure about the
4 > consequences of any change.
5 > Yes, it does. I'm not sure if it leads anywhere, though. Dynamic deps
6 > are a pipe dream. You can't implement them properly, so we're using
7 > half-working implementation as an excuse to be lazy.
8
9 What's lazy is maintainer doing revision bump without thinking
10 if it's really required, spreading his laziness upon every users
11 machine (by triggering revision bump driven rebuild)

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] don't rely on dynamic deps "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] don't rely on dynamic deps William Hubbs <williamh@g.o>