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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
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 15:28:55
Message-Id: 20120925162338.7386ac5b@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [pre-GLEP] Optional runtime dependencies via runtime-switchable USE flags by hasufell
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4 On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:17:07 +0200
5 hasufell <hasufell@g.o> wrote:
6 > On 09/25/2012 05:10 PM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
7 > > On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:04:55 +0200 hasufell <hasufell@g.o>
8 > > wrote:
9 > >> Do we need an implementation beforehand? Afaik zac said that the
10 > >> implementation would not be very complicated, so why not vote on
11 > >> this now/soon?
12 > >
13 > > Well we can't really compare it to SDEPEND (which is implemented
14 > > in Paludis, for kdebuild-1 and exheres-0) without at least a
15 > > half-arsed implementation.
16 > >
17 > > Also, speaking as someone who *has* implemented this kind of thing,
18 > > I have extreme doubts as to the viability of the proposal. So I'd
19 > > be extremely wary of voting in favour of it until we've been able
20 > > to have a play with an implementation.
21 >
22 > sorry?
23 >
24 > I don't see an answers to any of my questions.
25
26 Really? I thought it was pretty clearly. Yes, you need an
27 implementation beforehand.
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30 Ciaran McCreesh
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