On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 15:00:27 -0400 Michael Orlitzky <m...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On 2020-09-02 14:08, Andreas Sturmlechner wrote: > > On Wednesday, 2 September 2020 19:42:33 CEST Michael Orlitzky wrote: > >> New USE flags generally change dependencies (as is the case here), > >> so a new revision ensures that people are forced to install the > >> ebuild that supports python-3.8. Otherwise, you will eventually > >> find a lot of people stuck unable to upgrade because they have an > >> ebuild installed that only supports <=python-3.7, and were never > >> prompted to install the copy that supports python-3.8. > > > > Python target changes must be done with -U, also documented by the > > accompanying repository news item, not really a problem. > > > > If you want to write the GLEP that obsoletes the PMS, I might even > support it at this point. But until then, requiring --changed-use to > have a functional system is not allowed. Any PMS-compliant package > manager must be able to use ::gentoo, including one that does not > implement portage-only heuristics. > ? if some upgrade wants a package with unmatched deps (e.g. not installed at all or py38 usedep not satisfied), $PM will surely try to satisfy it by installing an ebuild. I don't think PMS specifies this, nor should it.
