From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NUJ8o-0000dm-Rr for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:13:03 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7A89BE0930 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:13:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx.fr.smartjog.net (mx.fr.smartjog.net [91.197.165.186]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EAA0E0671 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:04:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx.fr.smartjog.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5A47575CB for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:04:09 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at smartjog.com Received: from mx.fr.smartjog.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.dmz-ext.fr.lan [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id tbxL-g7FENXD for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:04:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [192.168.0.194] (dhcp-194.user.fr.lan [192.168.0.194]) (using SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx.fr.smartjog.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EF39575DD for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:04:04 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] PYTHON_DEPEND - Suggested replacement for NEED_PYTHON From: Gilles Dartiguelongue To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <201001111000.05597.Arfrever@gentoo.org> References: <201001100930.20355.Arfrever@gentoo.org> <201001110126.25811.Arfrever@gentoo.org> <20100111075030.GA452@gentoo.org> <201001111000.05597.Arfrever@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Gentoo Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:04:05 +0100 Message-Id: <1263207845.29085.2.camel@gdartigu.lan.rep.sj> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 3f82b54b-d297-4abe-9c03-9a7c1a2e4d25 X-Archives-Hash: ee154bc5bc789145076463dd580be3b9 It looks like what you really want is a ranged dependencies. From the look of it though I have to second the "it does not seem intuitive" opinion as it gives another meaning to the slot syntax marker (':'). Other than that, it seems like a worthy addition to the eclass. -- Gilles Dartiguelongue Gentoo