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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?

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh

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  reply	other threads:[~2010-03-18 20:10 UTC|newest]

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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