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On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Sun, 2 Sep 2012 13:16:38 -0400 |
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> Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote: |
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> |
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>> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Thomas Sachau <tommy@g.o> |
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>> wrote: |
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>> > Mike Gilbert schrieb: |
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>> >> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Dirkjan Ochtman <djc@g.o> |
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>> >> wrote: |
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>> >>> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Richard Yao <ryao@g.o> |
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>> >>> wrote: |
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>> >>>>> Does this seem like a viable option? Is anyone going to |
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>> >>>>> volunteer to take it from here? |
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>> >>>> |
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>> >>>> I can try to make time to make these changes this weekend if |
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>> >>>> everyone is fine with that. |
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>> >>> |
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>> >>> I think we should inform gentoo-dev first. |
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>> >>> |
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>> >> |
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>> >> Just in case someone is waiting for me to take some further |
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>> >> actions on this, please don't wait on me. I really don't have the |
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>> >> motivation to carry this plan any further. |
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>> >> |
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>> >> If someone else wants to carry the torch, I am happy to assist. |
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>> >> |
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>> > |
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>> > Just to get the right summary: |
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>> > The plan is now to replace all dependencies in ebuilds, which have |
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>> > either "dev-lang/python" or something like ">=dev-lang/python-X.Y" |
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>> > to use "virtual/python" instead? |
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>> That's right. |
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>> > What about versioned dependencies exluding python versions still in |
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>> > the main tree like ">=dev-lang/python-2.7"? |
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>> In this case the virtual would not work. Instead, it could be replaced |
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>> with this: |
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>> |
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>> || ( =dev-lang/python-2.7* =dev-lang/python-3* ) |
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>> Similarly, >=dev-lang/python-2.6 could be replaced with this: |
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>> || ( =dev-lang/python-2.7* =dev-lang/python-2.6* =dev-lang/python-3* ) |
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> You could go with virtual/python-2.7, -2.6, -2.5 being an appropriate |
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> minimal version. |
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I gave that idea some thought, but I think it would be a somewhat |
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confusing (it makes my head hurt). |
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There are actually a few ways I could see a versioned virtual being |
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implemented; can you articulate exactly what each virtual version |
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would have in RDEPEND and how it would be used in other ebuilds? |
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