Re: [gentoo-dev] new virtual -- virtual/go to fix go build time dependencies

[Alexis Ballier <aballier@gentoo.org>]

On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 13:06:45 -0800
Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On 03/02/2017 11:24 AM, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
> > On 03/02/2017 02:05 PM, Zac Medico wrote:  
> >>>
> >>> This is why we can't have nice things.  
> >>
> >> For those that are interested, I'm planning to to make --with-bdeps
> >> automatically enabled when possible:
> >>  
> > 
> > 
> > I agree with this ^ but I don't think portage should rebuild for
> > DEPEND at all. It creates one more dangerous "it works in portage!"
> > situation that will plague users of other package managers.
> > 
> > (I'm not saying it couldn't be useful, but it should go in the next
> > EAPI if we're gonna do it.)  
> 
> PMS doesn't specify when rebuilds are supposed to be triggered. You
> can consider the rebuilds as a means to satisfy the dependencies.
> Saying that the package manager should not make an effort to satisfy
> dependencies would be silly.


And then have a nice ref. implementation for next EAPI.


Having barely tested (*) features set in stone at each EAPI bump is even
more dangerous than the "it works in portage!" situations IMHO.


(*) I'm not saying features are not tested, but those that have
been thrown at users for years are much more mature than the
brand new ones in comparison.