* Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] QA Team's role
@ 2006-02-28 14:39 99% ` Ciaran McCreesh
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From: Ciaran McCreesh @ 2006-02-28 14:39 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:49:13 +0100 Jakub Moc <jakub@gentoo.org> wrote:
| No, that's not a policy document, ebuild policy is documented here:
| http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?style=printable&part=3&chap=1
No, the whole thing is policy.
| Moreover, the cited howto is wrong, since it will break built_with_use
| checks
No, that's a separate issue.
| The howto also doesn't apply to cases like
| recode vs. mysql, because that's a completely different
| functionality, you can't exactly choose which one is better on behalf
| of the user.
No, it does apply.
| So, to sum it up - you can't make up for portage's lack of features by
| inventing a policy that doesn't work. Once again - until portage can
| handle USE-based dependencies and until portage can handle
| conflicting use flags, there's nothing that could be done here.
Until Portage can handle conflicting USE flags, one should take the
policy-mandated solution that has been sufficient for everyone else for
four years or more. Sure, it's not perfect, but it's a hell of a lot
better than repeatedly exploding in the user's face midway through an
install.
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