From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7847F1381F3 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:10:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 62439E09B9; Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:10:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C9DEE081B for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:10:08 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.89,668,1367967600"; d="scan'208";a="24254133" Received: from unknown (HELO rathaus.eclipse.co.uk) ([109.176.176.179]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 15 Jul 2013 14:09:32 +0100 Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:12:35 +0100 From: "Steven J. Long" To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: dev-cpp/gtest Message-ID: <20130715131235.GA1507@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <51D02CA1.8000203@gentoo.org> 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: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51D02CA1.8000203@gentoo.org> X-Archives-Salt: 61a7f9f1-e058-4b6b-bab8-6c5cc877ab40 X-Archives-Hash: 21e5807ce1293a5b87686f0b0a39f33a Thomas Kahle wrote: > So far our gtest package has shipped only the compiled library and a > bunch of helper scripts. Now bug 474454 asks for the sources to be > installed too (or exclusively). What should we do? > > a) Drop the library from the ebuild and break most of the consumers who > don't follow upstreams recommendation. > b) Install shared library and sources giving maintainers the choice to > follow upstreams instructions or not. a) The packages are broken in any case, if they don't use gtest files bundled during build, but rely on an external at runtime instead. Break em and let them get fixed, is better than shouldering the maintenance burden of accommodating stupidity. No one will thank you for it in any case, and nothing will improve, but your life will be harder. There isn't really any point in trying to install this separately in any case. That is not its intended usage at all. -- #friendly-coders -- We're friendly, but we're not /that/ friendly ;-)