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 D783913877A for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2014 21:44:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 72B5AE08BE; Fri, 8 Aug 2014 21:44:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qa0-f47.google.com (mail-qa0-f47.google.com [209.85.216.47]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8CF8EE089C for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2014 21:44:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f47.google.com with SMTP id i13so5959834qae.20 for ; Fri, 08 Aug 2014 14:43:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=DcnTqPU3yHW+p5C1dNBeq7jNwoeFZi61+5nqKtRy6fs=; b=0xYIAsNJgIwZvG68nzDb8msqgHjrp5vDbctAzV/GlWdgysT8MmKypq4zkaNh7U7mXY ePVA1mKcv2z9hOwmhkJ5VKGQdUaJ/Gc4eDiikJYiWTPJCiLWL60lWmlW/lRm6Qehy+6W uuyWdA50806GVYEjfZ6iKZn6r8bwXIplrEhGhY0EARSkPMfYF/avd1CbEG17MLd16bvv Yj4vnmzmODpblHr/Vles+cmCk3H0ab58rCrKrYDYGsbqK3QysNO5m/pqVMG1yON+RUhk 5Ozutswnrb20WtwjORvgG70xUuD6EAdondFVc7yZOeEPxQRo13arX4ufuuFE+Nmnv+nj fvLQ== 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 X-Received: by 10.140.89.47 with SMTP id u44mr27252129qgd.1.1407534239800; Fri, 08 Aug 2014 14:43:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.44.34 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Aug 2014 14:43:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <53E5439F.2010401@gentoo.org> References: <53e4ccbd.c2b4700a.3bec.2414@mx.google.com> <53e501be.845f700a.598f.2ad0@mx.google.com> <53e53883.a5e0980a.6062.2fd6@mx.google.com> <53E5439F.2010401@gentoo.org> Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 09:43:59 +1200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] minimalistic emerge From: Kent Fredric To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c133d65f64a60500251af3 X-Archives-Salt: 5d8c62a8-9c3c-4890-81ed-dce999fcce08 X-Archives-Hash: dad3d2bf09b3ca2d8db1b90084c5dbeb --001a11c133d65f64a60500251af3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 9 August 2014 09:39, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > *AND* (just to tie this back) it's unlikely that this is going to > actually help the original issue posted, ie, reducing the amount of > dependency updates being done "unnecessarily" on a system, or making > blind/automated system updates (of the type mentioned in the thread) > less susceptible to system breakage. > Yeah, if anything, that system is more likely to isolate previously unknown incompatibilities, establish *tighter* dependency ranges in order to satisfy them, and require *more* revision bumps and require you to update much more than you already do. So careful what you wish for :) -- Kent *KENTNL* - https://metacpan.org/author/KENTNL --001a11c133d65f64a60500251af3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

= On 9 August 2014 09:39, Ian Stakenvicius <axs@gentoo.org> wrote= :
*AND* (just to tie= this back) it's unlikely that this is going to
actually help the original issue posted, ie, reducing the amount of
dependency updates being done "unnecessarily" on a system, or mak= ing
blind/automated system updates (of the type mentioned in the thread)
less susceptible to system breakage.

Yeah, if anything, that system is more likely to iso= late previously unknown incompatibilities, establish *tighter* dependency r= anges in order to satisfy them, and require *more* revision bumps and requi= re you to update much more than you already do.

So careful what you wish for :)


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