Re: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH] Save dependencies as :=3 not :3=.

[Ciaran McCreesh]

On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:54:42 -0700
Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 05:54:51PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> > This takes us back to the Council-approved syntax, as opposed to the
> > change introduced with sub-slots.
> > ---
> >  dependencies.tex | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/dependencies.tex b/dependencies.tex
> > index 47c0261..8c3f31d 100644
> > --- a/dependencies.tex
> > +++ b/dependencies.tex
> > @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ identically to the plain equals slot operator.
> >  To implement the equals slot operator, the package manager will
> > need to store the slot/sub-slot pair of the best installed version
> > of the matching package. This syntax is only for package manager
> > use and must not be used by ebuilds. The package manager may do
> > this by inserting the appropriate -slot/sub-slot pair between the
> > colon and equals sign when saving the package's dependencies. The
> > +slot/sub-slot pair after the equals sign when saving the package's
> > dependencies. The sub-slot part must not be omitted here (when the
> > SLOT variable omits the sub-slot part, the package is considered to
> > have an implicit sub-slot which is equal to the regular slot).
>
> Yes please; :3= I thought bug-fricking-ugly.

Hrm. Although... We need to decide how a :3= dep in an ebuild is
rewritten for VDB. Do we rewrite to to :3/3.3= or to :3=3/3.3? The
latter has the advantage that we can tell just from the VDB what the
original spec was.

The way it's worded without the patch has the benefit that stuff on the
left of the = is written by the developer, and stuff on the right by the
package mangler.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh