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 <gentoo-dev+bounces-36031-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>)
id 1M65nS-00039J-VW
for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 18 May 2009 16:34:43 +0000
Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 73E4CE03F0;
Mon, 18 May 2009 16:34:36 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from mail-fx0-f219.google.com (mail-fx0-f219.google.com [209.85.220.219])
by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33BDEE03F0
for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 18 May 2009 16:34:36 +0000 (UTC)
Received: by fxm19 with SMTP id 19so3157944fxm.34
for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 18 May 2009 09:34:35 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
d=gmail.com; s=gamma;
h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references
:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type
:content-transfer-encoding;
bh=HlRXLvf1Ull6al4D4XvqM7veQWyFIJuBo2oHfAccPtU=;
b=SHmxvOtD+1uAqHKGlto7CeeOxnGYgky3mbeWn0hgsIdg81Qb7HM9OQkEqTQGDeMmhp
AsVWVYh2sZOMzd8K4iIEvuDfb4P9GgANFKfDKYGHif/30Xrmmp8t1vltvjGs6bdYDdU7
u2wG55e4MAqy4Bel0i4+AhUz1N+4rY21YmL7A=
DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws;
d=gmail.com; s=gamma;
h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to
:content-type:content-transfer-encoding;
b=mRsWpXZj2GVOGcNVZayUAifgE/CetXw2/IrVGYPZuWDy/2HELMXK8Dp4lFYhSINipI
Cuos1MM8kyleGx3Wh0daWueIl4jzGsGMwYTXw8a+8TE9/8TjMig40jiZTR164/Wk6RZN
3EyU/57z/8hMJ9bnRsLraYpW3EJFmsBTYnmo4=
Precedence: bulk
List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev+help@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org>
X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: by 10.103.250.1 with SMTP id c1mr4151990mus.64.1242664474805; Mon,
18 May 2009 09:34:34 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <4A1136D4.9010708@gentoo.org>
References: <225000070905180304u49e9a50btcc0f8935368afc03@mail.gmail.com>
<4A1136D4.9010708@gentoo.org>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 19:34:34 +0300
Message-ID: <225000070905180934u358f32a2w5b1617f101b8fd5c@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] blocking mixed versions of split QT libraries
From: Alex Alexander <alex.alexander@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
X-Archives-Salt: 36a9d417-90ee-48fd-87c4-19b2e412ef21
X-Archives-Hash: df406adfec205e6be05cae4e3e5851e1
> From what I understand you are utilizing portages ability to
> automagically resolve blockers when all blockers will be resolved within
> the current command. =A0Agree?? or is it the fact that you are doing
> !>x11-libs/qt-assistant-${PV}-r9999 that is causing the paludis problem?
Yes, portage's auto-resolving ability thats exactly what we're using
to make this happen.
> I would suggest that you just tell paludis users to use --dl-blocks
> discard when updating qt. =A0After looking at the eclass im not sure
> whether it will work or not. =A0im assuming that discarding blocks will
> just ignore everything, but I haven't tested it so can't be sure.
Well since there's no other obvious way to achieve the whole thing,
this seems like the only option for paludis users for now. If it
works.
>> 1) Is there a saner way to achieve our goal of doing whatever is
>> possible to avoid mixed QT versions?
>
> I don't believe so, not within current ways of declaring dependencies.
maybe the PMS guys could implement something... :D
>> 2) Is our implementation considered correct and acceptable by the PMS gu=
ys?
>> 3) Whats the general Gentoo Policy on mixed versions? Do we care, or
>> is our policy "please -Du world"?
>
> I say we should be stopping them from happening.
>
> Good work btw.
Thank you for your thoughts
--
Alex Alexander || wired
Gentoo QT && KDE Herd Tester
http://www.linuxized.com