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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] EAPI 5+: split PDEPEND introducing SDEPEND
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:43:00
Message-Id: 20120902214058.653ed9f2@pomiocik.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] EAPI 5+: split PDEPEND introducing SDEPEND by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On Sun, 2 Sep 2012 20:10:38 +0100
2 Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > On Sun, 2 Sep 2012 21:07:30 +0200
5 > Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
6 > > On Sun, 2 Sep 2012 19:08:33 +0100
7 > > Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote:
8 > > > On Sun, 2 Sep 2012 17:23:40 +0200
9 > > > Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
10 > > > > An effective SDEPEND implementation is definitely nowhere close
11 > > > > to simple. Nor is presenting those dependencies to users.
12 > > >
13 > > > Indeed it's not, but we *do* have a reference implementation and
14 > > > lots of practical experience with it, and we have worked out all
15 > > > the difficulties.
16 > >
17 > > Yes, I am pretty sure you tested it with *many different* packages.
18 > > Maybe even all packages you have in Exherbo. Could you give some
19 > > actual numbers, and details?
20 >
21 > That depends. Are we seriously considering this for implementation on
22 > Gentoo at any time in the foreseeable future? Writing this all up
23 > properly is a lot of work, and I don't see much point in putting in
24 > the effort if it isn't going to go anywhere.
25
26 Yes, we are. Zac was very positive about implementing it.
27
28 --
29 Best regards,
30 Michał Górny

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