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On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:59:41 +0100 |
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Steve Long <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> I concur that it makes a lot of sense, fitting in exactly with the |
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> meaning originally given. That it means 'zero-install-cost' is |
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> neither here nor there imo; 'virtual' is a well understood terms for |
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> the same thing: an ebuild that doesn't in itself install anything. |
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Except that that's not what it's being used to mean. It's being used to |
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mean "the cost of selecting this when doing dependency resolution cost |
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analysis is zero", which is an entirely different thing. |
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> It's clearly something that can be useful across the tree, and can |
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> apply to an ebuild as opposed to a package. Forcing a category (or a |
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> pkgmove which is a pita aiui) seems inelegant (and doesn't enable the |
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> second use-case); the property is far more appropriate, and as you |
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> say, 'virtual' is less confusing for a user than 'zero-install-cost', |
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> especially within Gentoo. |
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Users don't need to see it. Heck, most developers don't need to see it. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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