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On 07-09-2012 19:55:53 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> > It appears slot-operator-deps do have some resemblance with ABI here |
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> > (especially if :* would be written in PMS such that it only allows |
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> > upgrades, no downgrades), but sub-slots are completely unrelated. |
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> Downgrades are a different, unrelated problem. If you're trying to |
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> solve that, you'll need a different, orthogonal solution. Note, though, |
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> that downgrade breakages are typically not covered by whatever you think |
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> an ABI is. |
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I don't really want to solve downgrades. I just want to fully |
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understand what slot-deps is supposed to do, and what not. |
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It seems I fail in doing so. |
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Fabian Groffen |
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Gentoo on a different level |
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