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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: PROPERTIES=funky-slots
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:53:35
Message-Id: 20120623195413.37fd6507@pomiocik.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: PROPERTIES=funky-slots by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:45:46 +0100
2 Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:43:10 +0200
5 > Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o> wrote:
6 > > > It treats -r300 as being newer than -r200, and so will treat "the
7 > > > gtk3 version" or "the jruby version" as being newer versions of
8 > > > "the gtk2 version" or "the ruby 1.8 version", just as it tries to
9 > > > bring in a newer GCC and so on.
10 > >
11 > > And what problems is that causing for you?
12 >
13 > The problem is that there's no way of knowing that -r300 is not "a
14 > newer version" than -r200
15
16 It is a newer version. That's why it has a newer revision.
17
18 > and that the jruby implementation is not "a
19 > newer version" than the ruby 1.8 implementation.
20
21 And that's another thing which is ugly and should be replaced by
22 something sane rather than worked around.
23
24 --
25 Best regards,
26 Michał Górny

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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: PROPERTIES=funky-slots Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: PROPERTIES=funky-slots Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>