2010-01-10 21:56:01 Fabian Groffen napisał(a): > On 10-01-2010 09:29:28 +0100, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: > > I would like to suggest introduction of support for PYTHON_DEPEND variable, > > which > > would be a better replacement for NEED_PYTHON variable. NEED_PYTHON variable > > does not allow to specify that e.g. only versions of Python 2 are accepted. > > (Eventually PYTHON_DEPEND variable will have to be set only in ebuilds of > > packages > > not supporting installation for multiple versions of Python.) > > Can you explain the intended use of this variable, and why normal DEPEND > is not sufficient?
PYTHON_DEPEND is intented to simplify specification of dependency on Python. PYTHON_DEPEND="2:2.5" is shorter than: DEPEND="|| ( =dev-lang/python-2.7* =dev-lang/python-2.6* =dev-lang/python-2.5* )" -- Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
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