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On Thu, 2018-02-08 at 14:57 +0100, Michael Lienhardt wrote: |
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> > > From e590965cdeb0c921194740da0481c85afaa1ebae Mon Sep 17 |
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> > > 00:00:00 2001 |
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> > > From: Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o> |
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> > > Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 14:02:59 -0800 |
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> > > Subject: x11-base/xorg-server: Remove dead x11- |
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> > > proto/xf86rushproto dependency |
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> > > |
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> > > rushproto hasn't been required since upstream commit 8ec79e05feac |
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> > > (in |
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> > > 2005!), and even then it wasn't actually needed! |
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> > > |
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> > > Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.19, Repoman-2.3.6 |
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> > > --- |
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> > > x11-base/xorg-server/xorg-server-1.19.5.ebuild | 3 +-- |
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> > > x11-base/xorg-server/xorg-server-1.19.6.ebuild | 3 +-- |
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> > > x11-base/xorg-server/xorg-server-9999.ebuild | 3 +-- |
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> > > 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) |
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> > > |
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> > Please don't edit dependencies in-line like this. |
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> > |
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> > This warranted a revbump as users will be asking how to remove |
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> > x11-proto/xf86rushproto. It won't come up for depclean because of |
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> > xorg-server not being scheduled for rebuild automatically until the |
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> > next |
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> > time it is upgraded or --changed-deps option is used (uncommon). |
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> > |
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> > Brian |
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> |
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> Citing Kenneth Hoste at FOSDEM this year: modifying a package without |
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> changing its version is a bad idea. |
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> His presentation was very good (video included): https://fosdem.org/2 |
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> 018/schedule/event/how_to_make_package_managers_cry/ |
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This isn't so clear cut simple. We build from source at user systems. |
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Think of the effect for something like webkit-gtk, chromium, |
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libreoffice, etc. |
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The problem here is the planned changing of --dynamic-deps to no as |
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default. |
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