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From: hasufell <hasufell@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [pre-GLEP] Optional runtime dependencies via runtime-switchable USE flags
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:33:03
Message-Id: 5061CDFF.8050605@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [pre-GLEP] Optional runtime dependencies via runtime-switchable USE flags by Alexis Ballier
1 On 09/25/2012 05:25 PM, Alexis Ballier wrote:
2 > On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:17:07 +0200
3 > hasufell <hasufell@g.o> wrote:
4 >
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8 >> On 09/25/2012 05:10 PM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
9 >>> On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:04:55 +0200 hasufell <hasufell@g.o>
10 >>> wrote:
11 >>>> Do we need an implementation beforehand? Afaik zac said that the
12 >>>> implementation would not be very complicated, so why not vote on
13 >>>> this now/soon?
14 >>>
15 >>> Well we can't really compare it to SDEPEND (which is implemented
16 >>> in Paludis, for kdebuild-1 and exheres-0) without at least a
17 >>> half-arsed implementation.
18 >>>
19 >>> Also, speaking as someone who *has* implemented this kind of thing,
20 >>> I have extreme doubts as to the viability of the proposal. So I'd
21 >>> be extremely wary of voting in favour of it until we've been able
22 >>> to have a play with an implementation.
23 >>>
24 >>
25 >> sorry?
26 >>
27 >> I don't see an answers to any of my questions.
28 >
29 > he wants an implementation beforehand :)
30 >
31
32 Is he a council member?

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