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 D478C138010 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:53:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F2FA521C038; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:52:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vb0-f53.google.com (mail-vb0-f53.google.com [209.85.212.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A00CC21C032 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:51:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vbbfc21 with SMTP id fc21so7532117vbb.40 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:51:27 -0700 (PDT) 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 :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=VmBPBSvGWrLflzZ6klQ3htsdJS9enqnP8MP4+iZfcrM=; b=MhGKg4nrCLDHhy/Z/FzQXlldul+rjII4OJM+iS8+bfV7f5Om9V2m0gTR6m6+KYRkcN bISJCphT7ete5HUOq8Su0LKlnphQENnzl8ELz1VhyZMdrQySTLiZgqIuX//eYlOb/gti UYo76ZieIxXgHd2aeOXeWtdrtKiCQ//Ent8JSmM8zvFmMjn8p/RKZrAmw3m9kKXdSMKq G9TdKn+ylsRZWhAUeO7y4hHkUITxhEz3ac6tkisk1CyIHMx7h4tiVcoUkkD3qoTI/0i0 XJFIqY52OHw9/UVaRnCUOcG9M2a0kMIOYWeEOE66N0jCLHVwwux2M/s7uXcA6ayO6AI3 8zFg== 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 Received: by 10.52.38.168 with SMTP id h8mr3566069vdk.93.1347893487136; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:51:27 -0700 (PDT) Sender: yngwin@gmail.com Received: by 10.58.58.110 with HTTP; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:51:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120917151433.1f32179a@googlemail.com> References: <20120916135211.GC23030@localhost> <20120917030821.GA15027@localhost> <20120917134149.0bc8ab72@googlemail.com> <20120917145853.33db671d@googlemail.com> <20120917151433.1f32179a@googlemail.com> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:51:27 +0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: hKc15nktGKcThcoTSSa8ccBeRFk Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP: gentoo sync based unified deps proposal From: Ben de Groot To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 889dc841-c598-4dbe-a258-0c1146b35334 X-Archives-Hash: 03c9023d3141828b7c0e3b0f919760f3 On 17 September 2012 22:14, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:11:59 +0800 > Ben de Groot wrote: >> > And even now, people are using COMMON_DEPEND to work around *DEPEND >> > duplication. >> >> Yes, and that works just fine. I don't see what's wrong with that... > > Well perhaps you should read Brian's lengthy explanation that started > this thread, then. If you mean the email that started this thread, that was neither lengthy nor explanatory. If you mean the GLEP, that is indeed lengthy, but mostly goes into the mechanism. It doesn't go into the rationale to any degree of satisfaction. It doesn't make at all clear why the supposed benefits would outweigh the costs of such a big change. If I missed any such explanation among the myriad of related threads, then please be so kind to link to it. -- Cheers, Ben | yngwin Gentoo developer Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin