Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Re: Atom matching behavior

[Drake Wyrm]

Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 04:55:09PM -0700, Drake Wyrm wrote:
> > Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 07:42:23PM +0200, Marius Mauch wrote:
> > > > Was just brought to my attention that the =* operator doesn't
> > > > work as I thought, as for example =foo-1.2* matches foo-1.20 as
> > > > well as foo-1.2.3.
> > <snip>
> > > > but I'd suspect that many people share my original assumption
> > > > and expect it to only match full version components
> > >
> > > Hear a bit of screaming from it once every 4-6 months; personally,
> > > I interpret that as devs know which to use usually- additionally,
> > > once the (bluntly) hissy fit from the dev subsides, and they're
> > > reminded "yes it's annoying, but if you want it changed take it to
> > > dev to get consensus" folks promptly forget about it.
> >
> > You mean a consensus on -dev like the one regarding the Sunrise
> > project?
> >
> > > Either they're silently working around it, or it's not that much
> > > of an issue (I suspect the latter, but am neutral towards the
> > > change).
> >
> > Or ignoring it because it's not worth the heartache. Or they feel it
> > to be more likely that their input will be rejected by devs who just
> > don't feel like working on it, but also don't want their babies
> > touched by foreign hands. See Bug #69343 and everything marked as a
> > dupe against it for a fine example of that mentality.
>
> Either you're trolling, or your whinging (bluntly).

Mostly trolling, but it's a valid point. The technical issue is not
nearly as daunting as the political one.

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