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From: Alexis Ballier <aballier@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: On the good usage of subslots
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 09:52:18 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130209095218.34fb59e0@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <kf5g08$ns1$1@ger.gmane.org>

On Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:38:35 +1100
Michael Palimaka <kensington@gentoo.org> wrote:

> I even noticed some maintainers adding subslots dependencies on 
> libraries that do not yet define subslots. This too seems reasonable, 
> given that there would be no impact until the library defines a 
> (sensible) subslot in the future.

By the way, this could also be discussed: I did not check, but as far
as I understand it subslot is equal to slot if not defined. When said
library defines a subslot, the subslot will change and thus triggers a
(likely useless) rebuild of your package setting a := dep.

Alexis.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-02-09 12:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-02-09 12:15 [gentoo-dev] On the good usage of subslots Alexis Ballier
2013-02-09 12:38 ` [gentoo-dev] " Michael Palimaka
2013-02-09 12:46   ` Alexis Ballier
2013-02-09 12:52   ` Alexis Ballier [this message]
2013-02-09 14:09     ` Michael Palimaka
2013-02-11  0:45       ` Alexis Ballier
2013-02-11 15:40     ` Ian Stakenvicius
2013-02-09 13:47 ` [gentoo-dev] " Samuli Suominen
2013-02-09 14:05   ` [gentoo-dev] " Michael Palimaka
2013-02-09 16:06     ` Zac Medico
2013-02-09 16:36       ` Michael Palimaka
2013-02-09 16:39         ` Samuli Suominen
2013-02-09 16:53           ` Pacho Ramos
2013-02-09 19:21 ` [gentoo-dev] " Michał Górny
2013-02-11  0:44   ` Alexis Ballier
2013-02-11 20:53     ` James Cloos
2013-02-11 21:13       ` Ian Stakenvicius
2013-02-11 21:21       ` Zac Medico

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