From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@googlemail.com>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:10:00 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100318201000.24f22af0@snowmobile> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BA286DE.7040204@gentoo.org>
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On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:02:38 +0200
Petteri Räty <betelgeuse@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Here's how we could change Portage behavior for pulling new slots that
> are not strictly required:
>
> - for packages in the world file install as soon as available
>
> - for dependencies install the new slot if everything works with the
> new slot
>
> This would mean that Portage would stay with 2.6 as long as you have
> something that doesn't work with 3.x installed.
Why would you want the majority of your packages that can use a newer,
shinier version of a library to continue using the old version? Do you
really want to stick with Qt3 until every single app you have supports
Qt4?
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Ciaran McCreesh
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Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-18 19:20 [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it Thomas Sachau
2010-03-18 19:24 ` Fabian Groffen
2010-03-18 20:27 ` Ben de Groot
2010-03-18 20:53 ` Doktor Notor
2010-03-18 22:09 ` Sebastian Pipping
2010-03-18 22:17 ` Ben de Groot
2010-03-19 8:12 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2010-03-19 8:54 ` Dale
2010-03-19 8:57 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2010-03-19 9:23 ` Dale
2010-03-19 9:30 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2010-03-19 10:13 ` Dale
2010-03-19 10:34 ` Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
2010-03-19 14:54 ` Dale
2010-03-20 0:51 ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2010-03-20 9:56 ` Jean-Marc Hengen
2010-03-20 12:53 ` Zac Medico
2010-03-20 14:11 ` Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
2010-03-22 21:12 ` Jacob Godserv
2010-03-23 15:37 ` Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
2010-03-23 16:15 ` Duncan
2010-03-20 12:47 ` Peter Hjalmarsson
2010-03-19 9:35 ` [gentoo-dev] " Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
2010-03-19 9:39 ` Petteri Räty
2010-03-19 9:55 ` Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
2010-03-19 9:56 ` Brian Harring
2010-03-19 10:01 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2010-03-19 10:27 ` Brian Harring
2010-03-19 9:40 ` Brian Harring
2010-03-19 15:13 ` [gentoo-dev] " Nikos Chantziaras
2010-03-19 18:26 ` Alec Warner
2010-03-20 12:42 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2010-03-19 5:35 ` [gentoo-dev] " Alec Warner
2010-03-19 7:15 ` Dale
2010-03-19 7:58 ` Zac Medico
2010-03-19 8:52 ` Dale
2010-03-19 9:09 ` Zac Medico
2010-03-19 22:28 ` Alistair Bush
2010-03-19 15:02 ` Dale
2010-03-19 15:21 ` Doktor Notor
2010-03-18 19:28 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2010-03-18 19:43 ` Thomas Sachau
2010-03-18 20:02 ` Petteri Räty
2010-03-18 20:10 ` Ciaran McCreesh [this message]
2010-03-18 20:57 ` Petteri Räty
2010-03-18 20:21 ` Thomas Sachau
2010-03-18 21:00 ` Petteri Räty
2010-03-18 21:06 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2010-03-18 21:45 ` Thomas Sachau
2010-03-18 19:33 ` Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
2010-03-18 19:47 ` Thomas Sachau
2010-03-18 19:55 ` Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
2010-03-18 20:13 ` Thomas Sachau
2010-03-18 21:40 ` Brian Harring
2010-03-20 12:51 ` [gentoo-dev] " Peter Hjalmarsson
2010-03-20 14:07 ` Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
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