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From: "Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn" <chithanh@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: oldnet scripts splitting out from OpenRC
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:27:16
Message-Id: 517AB8EA.6040908@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: oldnet scripts splitting out from OpenRC by William Hubbs
1 William Hubbs schrieb:
2 > if we keep a dependency for a while, even behind something like
3 > IUSE="+oldnet", when we drop it, people will still be hit if they
4 > do emerge --depclean before they emerge gentoo-oldnet.
5
6 In my opinion USE flags should toggle dependencies only in
7 metapackages or rare exceptions.
8 I suggest to include gentoo-oldnet (or whatever name you choose for
9 it) in the @system set once it is stable, and until then be a hard
10 dependency of OpenRC.
11
12
13 Best regards,
14 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn

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Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: oldnet scripts splitting out from OpenRC "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>