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On Wed, 2015-03-11 at 13:48 -0700, Zac Medico wrote: |
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> On 03/11/2015 01:27 PM, Brian Dolbec wrote: |
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> > On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 20:16:06 +0000 |
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> > Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@×××××××××.se> wrote: |
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> > > Why is --dynamic-deps=y default? This feels like lying about your true deps, I am probably missing |
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> > > something here, an example would be great:) |
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> > Because the last time we even discussed the possibility of changing this and steps that might be to fix |
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> > problems,... There were a few individuals that raised such a stink about it, they even brought it to |
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> > council to have us STOPPED. |
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> Well, stuff like this happens when you have lots of users. On the bright side, at least we have users! |
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> Something similar happened when I tried to make emerge --quiet-build the default. |
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> > So, as a result much of the portage team don't feel like working on portage. Heaven forbid we actually |
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> > make a change! |
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> It's not so bad, considering that you can simply use --dynamic-deps=n if you want, and now --changed-deps |
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> makes it feasible regardless of what ebuild developers do. |
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Oops, seems like I stumbled into a delicate area. |
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Anyhow, thanks for clarifying this. I will change Transmode defaults to --dynamic-deps=n and |
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see what happens. |
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Maybe a gentle push for --dynamic-deps=n in the man page could be the way forward? |
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Jocke |
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