[gentoo-user] Re: And so the emerge spake: Let there be conflicts...and see, everything was chaos and sin...

[james]

Neil Bothwick <neil <at> digimed.co.uk> writes:

>
> On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 15:49:19 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:

> Yes, I agree it needs a full overhaul of the way it communicates what is
> happening.


One simple fix is this blockage of packages that do not need to be blocked.
When I wait more than 5 or 6 days to update, I often get many packages to
build, running something like 'emerge -uDNvp world'. Yes I know I can sit 
there and go through every package with --ask, but that is a huge
waist of time, particularly if you poll user desires. So I find all
the packages (ugly little cut|awk|sed|paste script) and install everything
that is not really block. Source && update and then concentrate on the 
actual blockage. I'd be surprised if this is anything other than a trivial
fix to portage (hello no, I'm not working on portage!; Zac is very smart and
 capable and look how he struggles...).


But our reticent developers think that is good for the rank and file
gentoo users; other see this sort of situation as obstinate.

So a simple improvement is to allow what can install, to install, in a
semantic where folks do not have to sit and watch the screen to keep the
updates rolling along; then leave the true blockage for close attention.
I.E. blockage should only *ever* effect the minimal of what has to be
blocked during an update.


YMMV_hth,
James