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On Tue, 3 Jun 2014 16:52:30 +0100 |
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Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Tue, 3 Jun 2014 17:48:05 +0200 |
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> Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o> wrote: |
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> > On Tue, 3 Jun 2014 10:09:42 -0400 |
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> > Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> > > Maybe in these cases the PM should make it more clear that |
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> > > there was an alternative option. |
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> > Yes, Portage could also be helped out with some output improvements. |
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> That isn't the issue... Developers need to stop being "clever" in |
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> expressing dependencies, and start giving the package mangler explicit |
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> information about what a dependency means. Relying upon heuristics to |
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> figure out what a complicated mess of || ( ) and blockers means just |
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> leads to things intermittently going horribly wrong. |
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Which brings me back to the mix-in suggestion, which improves input. :) |
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With kind regards, |
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Tom Wijsman (TomWij) |
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