From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SiW64-0002i3-V9 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:34:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AAB4DE0527; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:34:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f195.google.com (mail-we0-f195.google.com [74.125.82.195]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D761DE0C88 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:33:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werf13 with SMTP id f13so531918wer.10 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 12:33:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type; bh=lgJT/YNIGT1Wa8uWlR5wGxresP5kzeqwO9bCYI0UHOU=; b=qFZ8iLapXrxv2KPJ7zn1CzpyDH2UOHOEUdM0qQI9q68AkiC42S5f2OMXAnaRvQ1bBE XPgU+iqgTkg4j7rzOMAuSxy9aZoo/3y4NMlQXrBVXlEX48oJer6zxtyQQ5t0/TOBbZ8X 9PMRvy8H+rnOTvXVSYfUAw2biL0hAw+XBVK8CXiNjWpTTGoS4Ebkr+geekO5CTwyqOna 5goq9SmQ/VhZxkNJSBkf7We+iH8T0hf8OGssIboAgyIOLOMTSBM0Y+zcyBFZQEslTeoy RbaqoL1z/tXOIohGnjWBWomQfXCPYReFchH1EnYi5iWBqvZmwknO8yJOWU00H2VuL43+ +HBA== Received: by 10.216.218.144 with SMTP id k16mr3165887wep.215.1340479998922; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 12:33:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cpc13-broo7-2-0-cust130.14-2.cable.virginmedia.com. [82.9.16.131]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k8sm13144806wia.6.2012.06.23.12.33.17 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 23 Jun 2012 12:33:18 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:29:28 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: PROPERTIES=funky-slots Message-ID: <20120623202928.223396ba@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20120623142143.631d7ebf@googlemail.com> <4FE5EB23.5040600@gentoo.org> <20120623171704.4f24cba6@googlemail.com> <4FE5F31E.80608@gentoo.org> <20120623175324.038ca62e@googlemail.com> <1340472237.5979.75.camel@belkin4> <20120623183053.6d432605@googlemail.com> <1340473390.5979.76.camel@belkin4> <20120623184546.56f49e58@googlemail.com> <20120623195413.37fd6507@pomiocik.lan> <20120623185642.287880b7@googlemail.com> <20120623200903.3fb8b85b@pomiocik.lan> <20120623190638.6d3c2ff1@googlemail.com> <20120623202313.175214fb@pomiocik.lan> <20120623192237.6bba7677@googlemail.com> <20120623193746.225fcde9@googlemail.com> <20120623201627.788d1dcb@googlemail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; 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; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/h3l+9CSr6NdZS7_QdYOlwg4"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 47b23ae4-a15b-4b72-a855-e86dd70817ee X-Archives-Hash: 77a4ecca5532c52e366fd3e4b7ae3a72 --Sig_/h3l+9CSr6NdZS7_QdYOlwg4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:27:03 +0300 Alex Alexander wrote: > On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Ciaran McCreesh > wrote: > > On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:14:32 +0300 > > Alex Alexander wrote: > >> If it is a package without reverse dependencies, updating to the > >> most recent slot and/or version should be expected unless the user > >> has the slot defined in the world file. > > > > That's the part that no longer holds. The package mangler now needs > > a way of knowing that for a certain few packages, bringing in new > > slots when not explicitly required is undesirable. >=20 > Or the PM can notify the user that a new slot has come up and instruct > them to specify their desired slot in their world file. But why? The package mangler could automatically do the right thing, without requiring help from a user who probably doesn't know about all of this, if only the small number of packages that did funky things with revisions and slots said so. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/h3l+9CSr6NdZS7_QdYOlwg4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk/mGRsACgkQ96zL6DUtXhHj1gCfYR8reFJezg2pU1VeRpiWR9tU H3IAnjabKh1Xmlp8C/fCH/rvOHoMWHXq =wZjA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/h3l+9CSr6NdZS7_QdYOlwg4--