Re: [gentoo-dev] Guidelines for using slot and sub-slot dependencies

2013-10-20 Thread Alexis Ballier
I see this thread didn't get many answers; anyway, I agree with all what you wrote and thank you for taking the time to write this down, so a big +1 from me Alexis.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Guidelines for using slot and sub-slot dependencies

2013-10-16 Thread Michał Górny
Dnia 2013-10-16, o godz. 15:11:09 hasufell napisał(a): > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 10/16/2013 02:59 PM, Michał Górny wrote: > > -- when in doubt -- ask the maintainer. > > > > We should just require maintainers to document what their slots and > subslots are for in

Re: [gentoo-dev] Guidelines for using slot and sub-slot dependencies

2013-10-16 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 16/10/13 09:11 AM, hasufell wrote: > On 10/16/2013 02:59 PM, Michał Górny wrote: >> 4. You *can not* trust portage's --dynamic-deps anymore. > >> This one is fairly important. In the past, we often assumed that >> portage will 'update' deps from

Re: [gentoo-dev] Guidelines for using slot and sub-slot dependencies

2013-10-16 Thread hasufell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/16/2013 02:59 PM, Michał Górny wrote: > -- when in doubt -- ask the maintainer. > We should just require maintainers to document what their slots and subslots are for in the ebuild. > > 4. You *can not* trust portage's --dynamic-deps anymore.

[gentoo-dev] Guidelines for using slot and sub-slot dependencies

2013-10-16 Thread Michał Górny
Hello, all. Considering the past experiences wrt slot, sub-slot and slot operator dependencies, I'd like to write some kind of guidelines for using them. I'd like to know your opinion on my 'draft' and possibly someone more fluent in English to put them somewhere on the Wiki. First of all, pleas