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>> From e590965cdeb0c921194740da0481c85afaa1ebae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 |
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>> From: Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o> |
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>> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 14:02:59 -0800 |
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>> Subject: x11-base/xorg-server: Remove dead x11-proto/xf86rushproto dependency |
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>> rushproto hasn't been required since upstream commit 8ec79e05feac (in |
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>> 2005!), and even then it wasn't actually needed! |
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>> Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.19, Repoman-2.3.6 |
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>> --- |
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>> x11-base/xorg-server/xorg-server-1.19.5.ebuild | 3 +-- |
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>> x11-base/xorg-server/xorg-server-1.19.6.ebuild | 3 +-- |
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>> x11-base/xorg-server/xorg-server-9999.ebuild | 3 +-- |
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>> 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) |
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> Please don't edit dependencies in-line like this. |
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> This warranted a revbump as users will be asking how to remove |
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> x11-proto/xf86rushproto. It won't come up for depclean because of |
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> xorg-server not being scheduled for rebuild automatically until the next |
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> time it is upgraded or --changed-deps option is used (uncommon). |
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> Brian |
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Citing Kenneth Hoste at FOSDEM this year: modifying a package without changing its version is a bad idea. |
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His presentation was very good (video included): https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/how_to_make_package_managers_cry/ |
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Michael |
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