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On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 09:38:19 -0500 |
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William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote: |
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> I always wondered why pkg_pretend never caught on. |
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> I to can see the advantage of it over REQUIRED_USE; it would allow the |
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> package maintainer to give specific error messages about why use flag |
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> combinations are invalid for a package. |
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> Without really knowing what the opposing viewpoint is, I think |
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> pkg_pretend is the better way to go as well. |
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The opposing viewpoint was ferringb believing he could do "automatic |
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dependency resolution" for a build server setup, without trying it and |
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without an implementation, and that a human-readable pkg_pretend would |
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somehow preclude that. |
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(Incidentally, Exherbo has automatic dependency resolution for a build |
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server setup, and human-readable messages, and it got there by trying |
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stuff out before inflicting it upon everyone by diktat...) |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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