From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SiVzx-0001Cg-P2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:27:58 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 56DE721C041; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:27:44 +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 F129E21C03A for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:27:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vbbfc26 with SMTP id fc26so1565141vbb.40 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 12:27:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=frgvImyzwbXe1kDtbXo+RiE0n3U/1s0Cj2QtbmnDO/A=; b=kAwc+N9sV9V7GeV2V/1t1wjClhV0eKJfOEFJGdXS2IIiDiBDEWZwjCmFWAsNVHVZxV ZF5PN+BWGfFRpyyiZ39EZLW48yhiY7QKL2t9iPTHMXx3z5gfvaPIy+OxyUOS+q+wMaWn WjOVOZqjkShGg1J8K/LNnzaNAYPv/mrFweblvszAgqJuyMX4+pNxNR11RnZAqorVqm9U V+5osR0TDIIgyR1PmQ/Y7zRX7xHM1YlXlffAILYEKayHGiSOKf3xA4e/aR2ULzsRcFOE 57WwGXZ3JptYuOmWx6n+vbg1GmWgsDuWuQJc6uhhdAxqA6E4UoOQxSVoU7M/RjlfPsl+ YaFw== 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 10.52.98.226 with SMTP id el2mr3271222vdb.119.1340479623431; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 12:27:03 -0700 (PDT) Sender: alex.alexander@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.175.71 with HTTP; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 12:27:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120623201627.788d1dcb@googlemail.com> References: <20120623142143.631d7ebf@googlemail.com> <4FE5EB23.5040600@gentoo.org> <20120623171704.4f24cba6@googlemail.com> <4FE5F31E.80608@gentoo.org> <20120623175324.038ca62e@googlemail.com> <1340472237.5979.75.camel@belkin4> <20120623183053.6d432605@googlemail.com> <1340473390.5979.76.camel@belkin4> <20120623184546.56f49e58@googlemail.com> <20120623195413.37fd6507@pomiocik.lan> <20120623185642.287880b7@googlemail.com> <20120623200903.3fb8b85b@pomiocik.lan> <20120623190638.6d3c2ff1@googlemail.com> <20120623202313.175214fb@pomiocik.lan> <20120623192237.6bba7677@googlemail.com> <20120623193746.225fcde9@googlemail.com> <20120623201627.788d1dcb@googlemail.com> Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:27:03 +0300 X-Google-Sender-Auth: -BAahgiBK5a8t9q0IcCh-UlYTQ8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: PROPERTIES=funky-slots From: Alex Alexander To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: e3bcdc47-57d5-4de3-ac20-4640742f736f X-Archives-Hash: 03dfb049e12a149dc4d03a4043c8f2e2 On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:14:32 +0300 > Alex Alexander wrote: >> If it is a package without reverse dependencies, updating to the most >> recent slot and/or version should be expected unless the user has the >> slot defined in the world file. > > That's the part that no longer holds. The package mangler now needs a > way of knowing that for a certain few packages, bringing in new slots > when not explicitly required is undesirable. Or the PM can notify the user that a new slot has come up and instruct them to specify their desired slot in their world file. -- Alex