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On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:38:48 +0200, Daniel Pielmeier wrote: |
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> Calling it qt-meta instead of simply qt has nothing to do with this. |
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> No ebuild should ever depend on the qt meta ebuild, instead it should |
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> just depend on the needed parts that have been split up. So a |
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> transition from the single qt dependency to the split up parts was |
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> needed anyway and already took place. The only remaining reason for |
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> the meta ebuild is that some people who want all of qt can simply |
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> emerge the meta ebuild. |
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During the transition, there will be lots of packages depending on qt. |
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Your argument becomes true when all previous qt:4 ebuilds vanish from the |
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tree, and so do all ebuilds depending on them. Until then, the meta ebuild |
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is required, as it was with XOrg. |
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