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On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 08:36:37PM -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 10:41:03AM -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> >> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 4:50 AM, Corentin Chary <corentin.chary@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >> > I have a feature request for distutil-ng (or maybe it's already |
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> >> > possible but I don't know how). |
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> >> > I have a package that depends on python-dateutil:python-2 for |
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> >> > python2_x and python-dateutil:python-3 for python3_x. |
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> >> > Would it be possible to have virtual targets like "python, python2, |
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> >> > python3, pypi, jithon" ? |
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> >> > |
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> >> One way to implement this would be to have a separate function that |
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> >> you would call to generate abi-specific dependencies. |
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> > Think through the performance implications of that, and the fact that |
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> > moves control/decisions outside of the PM resolvers purview. |
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> > If it's use controlled and is part of metadata, sure, but anything |
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> > else? ??Not so much. :) |
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> All I'm talking about is a function or function(s) to generate deps like these: |
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> python2_6? ( dev-python/python-dateutil[python2_6] ) |
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> python2_7? ( dev-python/python-dateutil[python2_7] ) |
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> I'm not sure how that would affect "performance". |
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Nah, that's fine- that's metadata level representation of it. |
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Sorry, aparenytly I misread your original email- interpretted it as |
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shelling out for that decision (something people propose |
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occasionally, and usually needs to be stomped out w/ maximal force), |
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rather than representing it properly in dependencies. |
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What you're intending there is perfectly sane/acceptable; pardon the |
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noise ;) |
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~brian |
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