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 1SiXBh-00018O-UK for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:44:13 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0711821C0C2; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:43:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f67.google.com (mail-wg0-f67.google.com [74.125.82.67]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D35ED21C063 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:41:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbdt10 with SMTP id dt10so539104wgb.10 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:41:03 -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=IhfnIqUN4JUDpaf7vnSYZ5JhKHkDiaVWkSk8iwJnlYQ=; b=TBGGcFG1rgz0CfQP0GXYZJlSyWK8rQJwCXxrvneawEooEZtXlvufegMZNMuGHBrFfj RHjvHcfve5NNWApQnz6/ngpvC6C6LsAAA8AQ8iuWmGzYoBQpygCOMcXL5/YndhuFQ9a7 ODQ2qShQuRIWLdMiSbRcNldyRgcJ4BC3MFECD7X649jCi8RbZBHIDDbSyt9lWGsEeApN BXxz0sK1LLcZK8YwVG3VdOzFQPClVtNgAAfcAWaWt9pYUIx8yTG0b1oQ7evx00vNKlYj IASvRuA5HJS5T0iUhn0DNDvZn4HCtUJhT0IgZz8JOK6fYcGKvwXIjqJ3NihwjYWyMgJa AluA== Received: by 10.180.76.135 with SMTP id k7mr13961104wiw.7.1340484063145; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:41:03 -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 bc2sm13792842wib.0.2012.06.23.13.41.02 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:41:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 21:37:11 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: PROPERTIES=funky-slots Message-ID: <20120623213711.25c85999@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <1340483774.2635.12.camel@cyclops.marienz.net> References: <20120623142143.631d7ebf@googlemail.com> <20120623151001.705417fb@googlemail.com> <20120623175101.3061e6a4@pomiocik.lan> <20120623170843.6dbe6a75@googlemail.com> <1340483774.2635.12.camel@cyclops.marienz.net> 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_/uaPCIUuwXYKARr7TYJeG9AE"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 83b4a46e-ecdb-43f0-bc3b-1d6a932abd3e X-Archives-Hash: 315e03a28346dd20c791a5ceea68880f --Sig_/uaPCIUuwXYKARr7TYJeG9AE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:36:14 +0200 Marien Zwart wrote: > On za, 2012-06-23 at 17:08 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > > Is it that Paludis installs a newer SLOT even if a reverse > > dependency > > > explicitly requests another SLOT? Sounds like a bug to me.=20 > >=20 > > No, it's that if a user requests a "complete" resolution, Paludis > > installs the newest version of things that it can. Extensive > > consultation with users has shown that this is a good behaviour, > > except > > in the small number of situations that have recently arisen where > > people are doing weird things with versions and slots.=20 >=20 > It surprises me that this behavior is normally desirable for packages > where all dependencies (including any in the world set or the like) > are slotted. Think || ( a:3 a:2 ). --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/uaPCIUuwXYKARr7TYJeG9AE 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/mKPsACgkQ96zL6DUtXhE5rgCgnCTvzOS+UjJrS38cW98AXHT5 X4sAn0aZBPPRBjkMIu9iti+jAOO7nhcR =OA2w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/uaPCIUuwXYKARr7TYJeG9AE--