Am Sonntag, 2. März 2014, 16:45:03 schrieb Jeroen Roovers: > On Sun, 2 Mar 2014 09:37:22 +0100 > > Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > 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. > > How about you file a tracker bug report for each library package, and > then file bug reports per package using that dependency blocking the > tracker bug?
I see your point. However please read this beautiful document for the ensuing mess (where things were done accordingly): https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=455900 [For the record, upstream ICU devs recommend to rebuild reverse dependencies even after patch release updates to ensure stability. This was discussed on their mailing list some time ago. I'm not going to comment on whether that is sane or not, but we have to work with it. Now what do you prefer, randomly crashing packages or an additional rebuild?] -- Andreas K. Huettel Gentoo Linux developer (council, kde) dilfri...@gentoo.org http://www.akhuettel.de/
