From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J1f5G-0007Q3-FI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:37:54 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with SMTP id lBA9b0ku003936; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:37:00 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.189]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with ESMTP id lBA9ZAoM001823 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:35:10 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id f5so1103327nfh for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:35:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; bh=EyQHe3H4vn6ikJwfwu/cG3IPcShY+LBfT8Nqu7RAqLY=; b=eOD8B+l84BsbyhBpNyh8+w9YyOFMLOin+hcQijhKmeDD09x40t++EXObfHNv1T4DufZJhpRpyJfpFUNiXPG72zmPxPaArDbuJemTcuAPwzFSw2n0bo5xNrUFBjOW1P8O9ryAy1P1noWl10XhGypRCNBZzrFJbOLnEv8zI8ZNwBc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=N57Ncmug6ofgtJJ1xftlWlb/p4v1O5tyjf5Xi9MGJauKgaCvcEtiANx3AQW4lyT8f+8mwk55dLlbDKqybqfQwA8mNSJSHNlCbxk1K4DwMfa0yYjdgtDzzgAS2fNoApDXkr9tQtb7lLq9ygioyi5W03+8Ly74iHduN4ajY7svLCA= Received: by 10.78.132.2 with SMTP id f2mr2778794hud.1197279307041; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:35:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.177.12 with HTTP; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:34:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3c32af40712100134k40ae92cu48aa7b338657b1fa@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:34:59 +0100 From: "Santiago M. Mola" Sender: cooldwind@gmail.com To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Handling branch strings In-Reply-To: <20071210092132.GB31432@supernova> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200712091701.50364.peper@gentoo.org> <475C37C7.8010201@gentoo.org> <20071209185745.2baa293d@blueyonder.co.uk> <20071210043146.GE4162@supernova> <20071210071826.465f7bff@blueyonder.co.uk> <20071210082621.GF14557@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net> <20071210092132.GB31432@supernova> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 34af82d57ac01f35 X-Archives-Salt: f797246c-d41a-4ca1-8a71-5905266afb68 X-Archives-Hash: 4c6c130d99c8c2759983c72238ee9b39 On Dec 10, 2007 10:21 AM, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > On 00:26 Mon 10 Dec , Robin H. Johnson wrote: > > What I've got for my Xorg testing setup, is foo-9999-rX, with a number > > of different -X values that I just select from via package.{un,}mask > > while testing - this saves altering everything else in the tree to pick > > some package that has a different name just to satisfy a branch (which > > also requires lots of ${MY_PN} mockery for some packages. > > You'd also need to put '!cat/pn-feat' in the base cat/pn package and > > vice-versa. > > While we're getting a bit off the original topic here, it occurred to me > that using SLOTs for this, in combination with various SLOT deps and > SLOT blockers, might work. Then one could use a search tool that would > display SLOTs to show you which branch you're getting. > Too tricky. It would confuse package managers and would break the meaning of SLOT. An use expanded SCM_BRANCH combined with use dependencies makes more sense and, hopefully, would be something manageable. Regards, Santiago -- Santiago M. Mola Jabber ID: cooldwind@gmail.com -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list