From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KXyTg-0003Dt-9t for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:20:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 07F76E02D0; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:20:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.169]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF909E02D0 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:20:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o4so695464uge.39 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:20:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type; bh=LqrrkwjzxdcPdRZinYGtUe+o5dQEDWcc+fR/u9QIjSc=; b=SBASBrMwUTgDsZVwkI01zz7j6bpqobdeoeU2NBSuZ7OKxkizuNRcKNEMSrdveU8N00 VJsHkaPrvs27OHA/eswmEpos9OUY37TScFxoHfBLYnI1GAmN5uZ6T8tUlEM9WQzZQplI M+GMSmqkoP7c4yAlPSmJfOw4eJPIrDPY9j6p0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type; b=vpPYPLKO44dsUsx2y+o2yUwwJBYJvpPBykjT3Dp9UD4Zwy4m34h4HHpa5Re+q0CEMg cwW+SqnfeGIRlTzT8qxVfdAAey2ajp/Aa4Rmg4q69t4J9NK54peIGrEoyiKgzU4VdksP X01SGelRkSaxSmguQYPxfI2lOKt0weI/NjjTs= Received: by 10.67.19.17 with SMTP id w17mr597083ugi.3.1219756853438; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:20:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ( [92.235.187.79]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m1sm2717131ugc.9.2008.08.26.06.20.51 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:20:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:20:44 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] PROPERTIES=virtual for meta-packages (clarification of definition) Message-ID: <20080826142044.28367055@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: References: <48B1CC3C.2000103@gentoo.org> <20080825201217.194fecad@googlemail.com> <48B309C2.1060204@gentoo.org> <200808252103.27006.levertond@googlemail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/AQPy6gb_H_w_vX7vpL+Fh77"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 028d7ef6-da93-4f3d-8d90-ba38d4e12340 X-Archives-Hash: 1553a7fb86fabbc30670933ab2f9597d --Sig_/AQPy6gb_H_w_vX7vpL+Fh77 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:39:38 +0000 (UTC) Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote: > But I think virtual works just fine for kde-base/kde, too, if one > simply reads it literally -- it's a virtual package in that it > doesn't install anything itself, even if it's a meta-package rather > than having the meaning of the old-style virtual, that of selecting > one of many providers. So the only problem with virtual is the > narrower old meaning. Whether that's a big enough problem to worry > about is of course debatable, but I don't personally believe it is, > and find it every bit as clear and actually much less confusing than > zero-install-cost. So what does 'virtual' actually mean then, and how is it related to the defined behaviour of this property? --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/AQPy6gb_H_w_vX7vpL+Fh77 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAki0Ay8ACgkQ96zL6DUtXhG3YACdHqHn8PJgmf9oNHDRtTEdGMXo bdsAoNmqKjfSZH34qZXDwMTIwrNDg+pT =kPBD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/AQPy6gb_H_w_vX7vpL+Fh77--