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Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 18:26:58 +0100
From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] blocking mixed versions of split QT libraries
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On Mon, 18 May 2009 19:15:59 +0200
Maciej Mrozowski <reavertm@poczta.fm> wrote:
> Not sure who is 'we' there, but Portage team already made is useful.
> Basic portage rule for soft-blocks behaviour is "no longer referenced
> (a'ka 'soft') blocked package can be uninstalled cleanly without user
> intervention"
That's not in the least bit well defined, and it's also extremely
dangerous.
> Zac did good job there saving users (especially KDE users) from
> nightmare of handling all package refactoring/blocks manually.
The nightmare only existed because of abuse of that feature. Had blocks
kept their original meaning, people would not have abused them to the
same extent.
--=20
Ciaran McCreesh
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