Re: [gentoo-dev] Policy-level discussion for minimum versions on dependencies

[William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org>]

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On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 01:28:13PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I agree with this sentiment. It's always been my view that the needs of
> > a package are driven by the package itself, not by the tree.
> >
> > Rationale: A package will build and run as long as it's own requirements
> > are met regardless of what the tree states.
> >
> 
> ++, and to all that follows.
> 
> I wouldn't go hunting down and bugging devs for every atom that
> doesn't specify a minimum version - this stuff isn't always easy to
> find.  However, if somebody offers a minimum version I'd consider it a
> valid bug.

As a maintainer, I start by checking the documentation for the
software I was packaging and making the dependencies match the version
requirements there.

William

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