On Saturday 07 August 2004 01:57, Jason Stubbs wrote:
>
> I, too, am working on a portage-ng. It's called portage. Presently, I'm
> near finishing a new dependency resolver that supports:
> * Ranged deps
> * USE-based atoms
> * SLOT-based atoms
> * SLOT upgrades
> * Full circular dependency support
>
> Even with all that, a full dependency tree is built with all circular
> dependencies resolved in about 6 seconds, where currently emerge takes
> about 2 seconds. I can't see a way to get USE-based SLOTs in without at
> least doubling that figure (which is incidentally the time that 2.0.50
> took). I'm open to suggestions on how to get around it.

I don't have a dependency resolver at all yet (I've been working on the 
general architecture and parsing of ebuilds. I'll be happy to help out where 
I can.

Paul

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