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 A3DDB138247 for ; Sat, 9 Nov 2013 01:19:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 695D4E0AE0; Sat, 9 Nov 2013 01:19:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-f176.google.com (mail-ie0-f176.google.com [209.85.223.176]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 681A5E0964 for ; Sat, 9 Nov 2013 01:19:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f176.google.com with SMTP id x13so1955248ief.35 for ; Fri, 08 Nov 2013 17:19:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:reply-to:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=7BnuHRYJ7IqQ9zF55NWnExAkS5gcXMSh4hiuy8pj+Ps=; b=b4xRJnc6qaCg09ndCM5bhmJnY2upSndQQVxMqFqH/Bsitd43uuFIgNiUKUhOvu3WcF HsLqR3uB0gj3nqH+a1nhfTNiKupR+hw4C5H9eddGyPaMWsbk0oWZGNMjB8/PFtQHrz4T bJQmV3lNNUxI4MeUTwXwZl4qg6CN9wAJ97YdB7R60qO1wk7qvYeCLIYsRd44fDVeVacc XX13XUlfZhyKmV0tW5HCZkDZUBvxox6ocLEwMzLgLHVmGSJhk8yYKLCFkmZMBW9YJ6rV UIojUQSMcroMu7pBn3kF4+kd3tNruiU5W659JhpfOJwW1YC7OQumlndb+Nk6QFigFkJ1 cCLg== 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 10.43.152.78 with SMTP id kv14mr10872106icc.13.1383959972322; Fri, 08 Nov 2013 17:19:32 -0800 (PST) Sender: yngwin@gmail.com Received: by 10.64.227.240 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Nov 2013 17:19:32 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1383872121.31675.2.camel@exos> References: <527A5D22.10009@gentoo.org> <1383752934.23332.4.camel@localhost> <20131106185611.01c6f6ac@gentoo.org> <527A84A3.7070607@gentoo.org> <1383817490.28316.6.camel@localhost> <1383872121.31675.2.camel@exos> Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 09:19:32 +0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 9KOXgNc7NeC4Zj0a2sI55GdG9BU Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Policy-level discussion for minimum versions on dependencies From: Ben de Groot To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: a3e27d62-9078-45e7-adb3-cbecb8e6aa28 X-Archives-Hash: 30a719d7cfbb4f9221113896d528d637 On 8 November 2013 08:55, R=C3=A9mi Cardona wrote: > Le jeudi 07 novembre 2013 =C3=A0 10:44 +0100, Alexis Ballier a =C3=A9crit= : >> in short: if a package requires version X then the ebuild should require >> version X; it can be forgotten but it's a bug. > > That _is_ our policy. Since this thread was deemed necessary, apparently it's not. Or at least not clearly stated. > Ebuilds should - at the very least - mirror what > upstream's build script requires. And they do. Strictly spoken, we do not support ebuilds / versions that are not (or no longer) in the tree. If the user chooses to use ebuilds / versions we don't support, they are on their own. That said, we can do it as a courtesy to users, when it is brought to our attention. But it's more of an "enhancement" than a bug, in my opinion. --=20 Cheers, Ben | yngwin Gentoo developer