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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: useflag policies
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:16:06
Message-Id: 21963.32587.459164.37864@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: useflag policies by Ian Stakenvicius
1 >>>>> On Wed, 12 Aug 2015, Alexis Ballier wrote:
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3 > it is more in the line of what we currently do, but that doesn't
4 > resolve the 'sat' problem: it doesnt make clear we don't want to
5 > satisfy it but rather walk through a list of causes and consequences
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7 > now that i'm thinking more about it, killing || and ^^ would
8 > probably solve the automation problem:
9 > qt? ( !qt4? ( qt5 ) qt4? ( !qt5 ) ) vs 'qt? ( ^^ ( qt4 qt5 ) )'
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11 > a bit longer but PM now knows what to do
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13 > [...]
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15 > No need for a new syntax :)
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17 Indeed.
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19 What is the general opinion, would it be worth the price of somewhat
20 longer expressions?
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22 Ulrich