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Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> OK, now we're tracking. |
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> In the specific case of less, the answer is self-evident - it isn't needed. A |
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> dev would just know that. More likely, he would assume he knows that. |
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> In the general case, they suck their thumbs and guess. Some think more than |
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> others before they guess, they should all do some basic tests to catch severe |
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> errors before committing changes and additions, and all of them rely on |
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> unstable users finding other oddities and bugs. |
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> flameeyes gave some hints and clues into how this works on his blog recently: |
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> http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2011/05/25/psa-packages-failing-to-install-with-new- |
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> openrc-based-stages-missing-users-and-groups |
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> It's specific to openrc, but if you follow his blog it's easy to read between |
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> the lines to see what he's getting at usually. |
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> I don't think I've ever met a dev that releases code any other way :-) |
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> None of the above is fact and all of it is my opinion but I do think I'm close |
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> to the mark. |
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OK. This is todays version. |
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These are the packages that would be merged, in order: |
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Calculating dependencies... done! |
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[ebuild R *] sys-apps/portage-2.2.0_alpha38 USE="(ipc) less%* |
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-build -doc -epydoc -python2 -python3 (-selinux)" LINGUAS="-pl" 810 kB |
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[ebuild R ] net-print/hplip-3.10.9-r1 USE="X hpcups kde libnotify |
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parport (policykit) qt4 -acl% -doc -fax -hpijs -minimal -scanner -snmp |
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-static-ppds (-udev-acl%)" 21,307 kB |
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So, they added a USE flag to get less back on track. Does that mean we |
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can all remove it from world now? |
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This is not just for me but for others as well. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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