On 06/10/2012 10:19 PM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 23:54:21 -0400 > Alexandre Rostovtsev <tetrom...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> For libraries, if possible, try splitting gtk2 and gtk3 support into >> different slots (see net-libs/webkit-gtk for an example; the >> gtk2-based versions have -r2xx revision numbers and go in slot 2, >> while the gtk3-based versions have -r3xx revision numbers and go in >> slot 3). > > That is not what revisions are for. If you can't solve a problem > properly using existing mechanisms, ask for new ones. >
I disagree. This is a proper solution, cause we use SLOTs and on top of that revision numbers to make a difference for the ebuild name. Another solution would be to include the SLOT in the ebuild name, but I see more potential problems with that.
