From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6F8B13877A for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:37:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DBA4EE0B7A; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:37:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D21EFE0B6E for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:37:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (worf.pulsedmedia.com [195.154.226.66]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: hasufell) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2876433F155 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:37:22 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <53CD6BED.10603@gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:37:17 +0000 From: hasufell 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: [gentoo-dev] don't rely on dynamic deps Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: bdb53a50-a164-4115-8eac-57ebe118839d X-Archives-Hash: f573a7c4282eff148375cf314964e947 afaiu dynamic deps are broken and not defined in PMS still... people seem to fix deps without revbumping, causing users who either don't use dynamic deps (it's optional for portage through --dynamic-deps=y, although it's on by default) or who use a different PM to not get the fix, at worst resulting in broken dependency calculation suggestion: * stop fixing dependencies without revbumping * add an appropriate question to the dev quiz * remove dynamic deps from portage (afair that is already considered by the portage team)