From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JMf20-0006R4-BF for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:49:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E2BB3E039B; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 07:49:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA430E039B for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 07:49:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.22.10] (ip68-4-152-120.oc.oc.cox.net [68.4.152.120]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BA6665D71 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 07:49:18 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <47A966A0.3000106@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:49:52 -0800 From: Zac Medico User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071031) 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 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] VDB access References: <20080205010546.38414ec3@snowcone> <47A8D35E.4030708@gentoo.org> <47A95408.40601@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <47A95408.40601@gentoo.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 21883dde-bd3f-43a9-9f35-8846bf2d708a X-Archives-Hash: 82bf702b4fad5f3445de9f3087786a56 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Vlastimil Babka wrote: > Zac Medico wrote: >> If the package manager exposes a slightly lower level interface to >> the USE flags then build_with_use can use that instead, and the >> package manager won't have to implement the full build_with_use >> interface. For example, portageq currently supports a "metadata" >> command that can be used to query installed package metadata such as >> USE and IUSE. Perhaps we should use some type of interface similar >> to that. > > I'd say it depends on whether we want to support native_built_with_use > just as a temporary workaround until there are use deps (then just > package managers not using vdb would implement it, and portage need not > care), or we would want to use the general metadata query also for other > purposes. The point is that if we simplify the interface and avoid duplication of logic, there will be less potential for EAPI change. If somebody wants to add a new option to built_with_use then they'll either have to bump the EAPI or just accept that anybody using an incompatible native_built_with_use implementation may experience api breakage. Zac -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHqWaf/ejvha5XGaMRAgMPAKDhVfdAcdC/m+ZCiIPUGKkeSzAZuACgr+6Y dgxIgIeV8FhsDHPxLI9egEc= =W8Pg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list