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On Fri, 2006-02-03 at 10:19 +0000, Francesco Riosa wrote: |
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> Ok, I've been realized that having a slotted mysql is not the dream of |
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> every end user ... or developer. |
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> Anyway I prefere too keep the possibility to do a similar install. |
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> A good solution should be to add the "multislot" USE flag to the ebuild |
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> and let it to decide whenever make it slotted or not, sorry, this is not |
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> viable, yes it's already used by other important packages but not well |
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> supported by portage and should be used only in particular situations. |
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> The only thing that came in mind to me is to provide two series of |
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> ebuilds, with different revision ranges. |
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> The use flag "multislot" will still have a role, to make the ebuild fail |
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> during pkg_setup() if set on the wrong ebuild. |
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> It's possible to define the default ebuild to merge, assigning a greater |
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> revision number will make an ebuild the default installed, I suggest the |
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> un-slotted version to be the default. |
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> example: |
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> mysql-4.1.16-r[0..49] Need "+multislot" |
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> mysql-4.1.16-r[50..99] Need "-multislot" |
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> mysql-5.1.18-r[0..49] Need "+multislot" |
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> mysql-5.1.18-r[50..99] Need "-multislot" |
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> whoever want to have a slot version will need to mask revisions between |
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> 50 and 99 . |
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> The change will happen soon, between today and tomorrow, so toughts, |
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> flames and insults are well accepted. |
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> - Francesco R. |
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I really don't like this... It will give users more work to maintain |
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their systems... Managing /etc/portage/ isn't easy, and forcing the |
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users to use it, isn't good too. I speak for mysql: |
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r3pek@morpheus ~ $ cat /etc/portage/package.keywords | wc -l |
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53 |
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^^ And this was about 100 before i did a cleanup to it. |
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What i sugest is to create a diferent package, mysql-{slotted,}. You |
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guys from the mysql herd can use the same ebuils to both packages (the |
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content i mean) and just check the ${PN} for the slotted word to see if |
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the package is slotted or not.... |
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Just my 0.02€ |
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Carlos "r3pek" Silva |
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Gentoo Developer (kernel/amd64/mobile-phone) |
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