Hi, Few months ago I have written a small FAQ on how to use slots and subslots for library dependencies properly [1]. However, today I see that most of the developers didn't care to properly update their packages and when I introduced binary compatibility slot in libgcrypt, I had my hands full of work fixing the mess for a single package.
Honestly, it's PITA to update and commit a few dozen ebuilds just to modify a single dependency. Plus sometimes portage's dynamic-deps no longer work so I'd have to revbump all the packages as well to be 100% correct. And the sole fact that I'm fixing just one dep when there's a dozen libraries more that may need fixing in the future... So, I'm asking: would you mind if I started taking random packages and updating the library dependencies (whenever they are clear) to use slot :0 (in EAPI 1..4) and :0= (in EAPI 5) as appropriate? [1]:http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/88541 -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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