From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 40C52158046 for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2024 10:03:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BE223E2A06; Sat, 12 Oct 2024 10:03:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 860D7E29FA for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2024 10:03:47 +0000 (UTC) From: Ulrich Mueller To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Cc: =?utf-8?B?TWljaGHFgiBHw7Nybnk=?= , python@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Splitting dev-lang/python into per-slot packages, starting with 3.14 In-Reply-To: (Ulrich Mueller's message of "Sat, 12 Oct 2024 11:59:47 +0200") References: Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 12:03:41 +0200 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: b4e85f6e-6af7-4856-905e-0493a033e6be X-Archives-Hash: 3e37ec379a8f4c65298ac2bba7261605 --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain >>>>> On Sat, 12 Oct 2024, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > IMHO this would abuse the package name for information that absolutely > doesn't belong there. It belongs in PV or SLOT. > To me it seems that you try to work around a problem (greedy upgrade > behaviour) that should really be solved in the package manager. How about introducing something like PROPERTIES="separate-slot" instead, which would instruct the PM to treat the slot like a separate package? Ulrich --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQFDBAEBCAAtFiEEtDnZ1O9xIP68rzDbUYgzUIhBXi4FAmcKSX0PHHVsbUBnZW50 b28ub3JnAAoJEFGIM1CIQV4uInsH/RBeOTOecUDPoGvisozCD9W4FOtwXE4BMRRy IE20ofiuH/uuKGv+kWxKMTF4UHg6dD9mFUS9/Gn0dZkhDa5uQH6mscwpPbY2UbBC hABE1LAK0ZBPwhckLBfHLhlUNaU1sQW+eJMzIG8PYK1q/rO1uCkk/IpXzUzh+vpd 1GDnU5nse1fTxfSxOfqafexj6n6o8sc347dmNdDe4nRVWx62yp7EyKSjraz6zVtL nPcX9NdUb8UOoFLJFeh7r6z+YXNVVeQT6J50MOKzWxmf3Ab33ajWHOFe1+CamQlD jNqXXJ6OFkzxM+eD5MhjB9iQqxyzc6OV5CACo26uivympEEWeI4= =gI5V -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--