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On 27/09/12 04:13 PM, Zac Medico wrote: |
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> On 09/27/2012 12:53 PM, Brian Harring wrote: |
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>> Bullshit. This is optional in the sense of embrace/extend |
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>> 'optional'; if one PM takes up the new functionality, all have to |
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>> switch to writing unfinalized deps to the VDB, and all have to |
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>> switch to transfering that IUSE_RUNTIME crap to the VDB. |
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> I think the proposal suddenly becomes a lot saner if it's done as |
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> an EAPI extension, the optional runtime deps and IUSE_RUNTIME |
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> conditionals are isolated in a new separate variable (perhaps |
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> SRDEPEND), and IUSE_RUNTIME is not allowed to intersect with IUSE. |
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> Using a separate SRDEPEND variable means that the package manager |
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> only has to preserve USE conditionals in the vdb for that one |
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> variable. |
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Saner, perhaps, but that would also mean the feature would be more or |
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less independent of the current USE handling within the PM. |
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Mind you if it's easier to deal with in the PM then I guess |
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piggy-backing on the current USE implementation isn't an advantage. |
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