On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 11:31:17 +0100 Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> So, here is a counter proposal, following the KISS principle as much > as possible: > > 1. Existing dependency syntax will be allowed indefinitely. As long as I'm not forced to use that crap, I'm fine with it. > 2. Version restrictions can go into a bracket delimited group > after the package name, e.g. dev-foo/bar:4[>=4.11,<4.20]. > (Alternatively, parentheses () could be used instead of brackets.) > > a) Inside a group, the existing operators = < > <= >= ~ * > have their established meaning. > b) Several conditions can be combined (logical AND) with a comma. > c) Old and new syntax must not be combined. > For example, >=dev-foo/bar-4.11[<4.20] is not allowed. > d) Empty [] groups are not allowed. > > 3. If necessary (personally, I don't think it is) we can add an > operator for inequality with a consistent meaning in all contexts. > Since the exclamation mark is used for blockers, <> could be used > for that. What about the negation of ~? It is more likely necessary than negation of =. -- Best regards, Michał Górny <http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/>
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