>>>>> On Tue, 22 Jul 2014, Martin Vaeth wrote: > Ian Stakenvicius <a...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> >> The main issue that I see is >> - -how- VDB should be adjusted based on what changes are made to the >> ebuilds. For instance, if minimum versions of deps are adjusted >> in-place, should vdb be updated to match? what happens if the minimum >> version of the currently-installed dep is below the new one? etc. etc.
> All these problems disappear with minor revisions:
> You have to "install" the minor revisions just like any major revision,
> just that some phases will be shortcut.
> In particular, if the new dependencies are not satisfied, you get
> conflicts as usual if you would want to upgrade to a new version
> with dependencies not being satisfied.
Other problems appear, though. Documentation is installed in a ${PF}
subdir, so install locations actually do change when updating the
minor revision. Also some method for updating binary packages would be
needed.
All in all, I'm not convinced if the cure wouldn't be worse than the
disease here. It would introduce another level of complexity, in order
to avoid a few rebuilds.
Ulrich
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