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From: Marc Schiffbauer <mschiff@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] <>-DEPENDS
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2015 15:21:12
Message-Id: 20150907152059.GE14168@schiffbauer.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] <>-DEPENDS by Ulrich Mueller
1 * Ulrich Mueller schrieb am 07.09.15 um 15:07 Uhr:
2 > >>>>> On Mon, 7 Sep 2015, Marc Schiffbauer wrote:
3 >
4 > > I'd like to propose a new kind of DEPEND syntax: <>
5 >
6 > > This would mean "Any version but the one specified" and is usefull
7 > > when you have a dependency on another package but a single version
8 > > of it is not compatible for example.
9 >
10 > This doesn't look like a feature that would be needed very often.
11 > Since "<>cat/foo-1" is equivalent to "|| ( >cat/foo-1 <cat-foo-1 )"
12 > I wonder if it's worth the effort.
13
14 Valid point. I am unsure. If it it would make the resolver noticable
15 slower, I'd say now. Otherwise propably yes.
16
17 >
18 > > [...]
19 >
20 > > What do you think and would is the proper way to suggest this for a
21 > > new EAPI? A new bug? On what?
22 >
23 > It should be filed as a bug (assigned to "Gentoo Hosted Projects" /
24 > "PMS/EAPI").
25
26 Thanks.
27
28 >
29 > Your proposal looks like a special case of bug 4315, though.
30
31 Which is solved using || ( >foo <foo ) I guess …
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33 -Marc
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