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Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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>>I'd like multiple inheritance in profiles too, or at least some kind of |
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>>mixin style semi-multiple inheritance. |
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> Actually, that would be very useful. Be able to do things like have |
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> both ".." and "../2004.3" in parent, so items from the parent in the |
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> directory structure is read first, followed by the 2004.3 stuff. There |
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> are quite a few cascaded profiles that are nearly identical between |
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> versions, with only a single change, but that are quite divergent from |
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> the parent. This would eliminate most of the duplication and redundancy |
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> in them. |
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Wont this cause headaches when it comes to depreciating profiles |
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however? If there are very few changes between versions, I can forsee a |
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time where someone wants to keep 2004.3, 2005.0, 2005.1, 2006.0, 2006.1, |
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2007.0, 2007.1 around because 2008.0 inherits from 2007.1 which inherits |
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from ... (you get the idea). How would this work and how long would you |
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be willing to keep a profile around for until it is removed and not just |
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depreciated? |
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(I do think that multiple inheritance is A Good Thing (TM), especially |
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if it becomes possible to have user defined profiles in |
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/etc/portage/profiles which can inherit from multiple 'base' profiles) |
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