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On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 07:39:47AM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 13:12:43 -0700 |
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> Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Introduced originally via 8b54be6a, this is effectively a noop for |
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> > gentoo ebuilds- nor is it providing any useful information to either |
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> > the dev, or the PM, thus remove it. |
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> The point of :* is to allow repoman to detect situations where a |
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> package has a build and a run dep upon something that has multiple |
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> slots, and to remind the developer that they either need to := it, or |
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> to explicitly say that it's ok for slots to change. |
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Related, slot dep operators don't have any meaning in DEPEND; |
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shouldn't be usable in that case then (considering the binding |
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behaviour, it's only relevant to PDEPEND/RDEPEND). |
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> Without :*, there's no way to tell the difference between "the |
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> developer forgot, or slots were added in later", and "this really can |
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> switch slots at runtime". |
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The implication of this is that basically every damn ebuild's going to |
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grow :* however; that's rather ugly, and I'm not particularly sure |
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that's what folks signed up for. |
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Either way, the wording should include this justification; as is, it |
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reads as a no-op. |
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Current wording: |
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""" |
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Indicates that any slot value is acceptable. In addition, for runtime |
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dependencies, indicates that the package will not break if the matched |
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package is uninstalled and replaced by a different matching package |
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in a different slot. |
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""" |
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alternative- |
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""" |
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Indicate that despite multiple slottings matching, this is known, and |
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acceptable for the slotting to change at runtime. Ebuilds by default |
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should not use unless necessary; the absense of this operator can be |
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used by QA tools to detect potential breakage when a pkg is being |
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converted to slotted. |
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""" |
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Roughly. English ain't the forte- point is, include the reasoning and |
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the clarification for when it should actually be used (the original |
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text describes what it does, not why/when you should use it). |
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~harring |
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