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From: hydra <hydrapolic@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] stable java virtuals require unstable java packages
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 06:30:28
Message-Id: CAG6MAzTRN5U2SCwtNAe5WSHsYASk3e9ENu9Us3npB4Q=hKJe2w@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] stable java virtuals require unstable java packages by Dale
1 On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 8:09 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > Alan McKinnon wrote:
4 > > Turns out the virtual is working as designed - see Andreas's post
5 > > above I recall now a discussion on -dev about this ages ago, and a
6 > > consensus emerged then to keep things as they currently are (changing
7 > > it requires much effort and has all manner of effects on the tree).
8 > > The actual rule is: A virtual can (by definition) be stable as soon as
9 > > one of its providers is stable.
10 >
11 > So if we really don't want one of the other packages that satisfies what
12 > the virtual needs, we need to mask the others locally?
13 >
14 > Great. :/
15 >
16 > Dale
17 >
18 > :-) :-)
19 >
20 >
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22 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=546902