Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Adding slot and subslot deps to others' packages
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 16:52:36
Message-Id: 20140302175226.27131c09@marga.jer-c2.orkz.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Adding slot and subslot deps to others' packages by "Andreas K. Huettel"
1 On Sun, 2 Mar 2014 17:34:36 +0100
2 "Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@g.o> wrote:
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4 > > How about you file a tracker bug report for each library package,
5 > > and then file bug reports per package using that dependency
6 > > blocking the tracker bug?
7 >
8 > I see your point. However please read this beautiful document for the
9 > ensuing mess (where things were done accordingly):
10 > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=455900
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12 That's not a tracker bug, it's the exact opposite: CC everyone involved
13 and hope the bug gets resolved at some point. It has the same problems
14 as an e-mail to a general mailing list (like the one we are responding
15 to now); entirely unlike a tracker bug would have.
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18 jer