Re: [gentoo-dev] virtual/acl

[Stephen Bennett <spb@gentoo.org>]

On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 13:41:25 -0400
Ned Ludd <solar@gentoo.org> wrote:

> In your own words what benefit does this have over 
> kernel_linux? ( acl? ( sys-apps/acl ))

It moves all of the platform-conditional voodoo into one place, which
helps maintainability and will greatly reduce the work involved in
adding a new port that may use a different package for ACL support. We
had a lengthy discussion on this topic between the *BSD and portage
teams some time last year, and the consensus was that the correct
solution was to move all the deps that change between platforms into
one place (the new-style virtual category). I haven't seen anything
change that would make for a different conclusion were the same
discussion to happen now. Especially when more packages appear which
are widely depended upon and change between platforms, and more
platforms are added, this approach will greatly reduce the maintenance
burden that Gentoo/Alt projects place upon the main tree.
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