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On 08/02/2014 12:35 AM, hasufell wrote: |
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> Rich Freeman: |
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>> On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Ciaran McCreesh |
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>> <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 09:24:46 -0400 |
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>>> Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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>>>> The thing is, with @preserved-rebuild I don't have to run |
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>>>> revdep-rebuild for the packages that either can't be or simply aren't |
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>>>> migrated to slot operator deps. That is a huge win. Also, random |
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>>>> things aren't broken during the time that I'm rebuilding, so I don't |
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>>>> end up chrooting into my system from a rescue CD when I forget to run |
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>>>> revdep-rebuild. I'll be happy when the day comes when we can get rid |
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>>>> of it, but that day is not yet here. |
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>>> |
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>>> Unfortunately, like dynamic dependencies, there's a vicious feedback |
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>>> cycle of increasingly ugly hacks with preserved-rebuild. |
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>> No argument there at all. Hence my statement that I'll be happy when |
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>> the day comes when I can be rid of it. |
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>> |
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> |
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> Rich, this is a _fundamental_ problem we have in gentoo. It's the lack |
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> of a development model. |
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It's also one of Gentoo's strengths. Please draft a document and present |
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it to the Council if you would like to change it. |
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