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>>>>> On Sun, 8 Dec 2013, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> Sure it does - it defaults to :* when :* was never specified. I don't |
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> see how defaulting to :0= is a "policy" any more than :* is. |
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Defaulting to :* is just the long term behaviour from EAPIs 0 to 4 |
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when no slot operator was specified. This is consistent with what we |
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haved for versioned dependencies. When you don't specify a version, |
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then all versions are good. Similarly, when you don't specify a slot, |
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then all slots are good. |
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Our rules of slot/subslot dependencies and slot operators are just |
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complicated enough, so I really would dislike complicating them even |
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more by having an EAPI dependent default. In addition, from a package |
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manager view there is nothing special at all about slot 0, so there's |
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no reason to prefer it over other values. |
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Ulrich |
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