-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Steve Long wrote: > Petteri Räty wrote: >> We should link this info to the devmanual. > > Yeah that was v. instructive. Since there's only 3 ebuilds left with the old > syntax, the obvious question is: is there anything else holding up impl of > the GLEP?
package.prefer remains unimplemented, but I'd like to implement it or something similar. > Also, would the preferred syntax be open to usage in eg recommended deps as > opposed to mandatory ones? I appreciate that it's not the same GLEP or > anything. I guess "recommended deps" can be represented by the existing USE flag conditional syntax [1], can't they? > I'm also curious about impl date of ranged deps and use deps, > without wanting to start a flamewar about the merits or lack thereof. I'm working on a new resolver design right now and I hope to have something usable within 1 or 2 months (sooner if we're lucky). The new design should make it relatively easy to implement all of the dependencies of bugs 144480 [2] and 155723 [3]. Zac [1] http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/dependencies/index.html#use-conditional-dependencies [2] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144480 [3] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155723 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGIIQv/ejvha5XGaMRAvQjAKDLZG+ko6QTK1Be64xp8W5hoElvgwCg3auv DluAGZKZiOOEeQ8Ltw/A/8c= =ygOk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
