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On 17 September 2012 20:41, Ciaran McCreesh |
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<ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:49:12 +0800 |
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> Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o> wrote: |
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>> Or, even easier and more straightforward: just keep using *DEPEND. The |
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>> case hasn't been made yet why we need to change that in the first |
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>> place. |
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> |
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> We're looking at something like eight *DEPEND variables in EAPI 6, with |
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> considerable overlap between them all. |
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And like now, in the great majority of cases, only two or three will be used. |
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The enormous cost of moving to a different system (or the folly of using |
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two systems in parallel) is not worth the slight benefit of a more cosmetic |
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handling of the few cases where a few more *DEPEND variables would be |
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needed and/or there is some overlap to be dealt with. |
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Cheers, |
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Ben | yngwin |
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Gentoo developer |
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Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin |
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