From: Steve Long <slong@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] PROPERTIES=virtual for meta-packages (clarification of definition)
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:40:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ga46f5$4kj$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 48C15560.6080508@gentoo.org
Joe Peterson wrote:
> Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
>> Except it doesn't. A virtual ebuild:
>>
>> * installs nothing
>> * does nothing
>
> I'd say that virtual does indeed do something: it pulls in other packages.
>
>> * should be treated as being very quickly installable
>> * should be treated as having zero cost for installs
>>
Both of which follow from "installs nothing." Or would you disagree?
>> The property proposed corresponds to only the last of these.
>
> Still, the term "virtual" fits the spirit of the idea well.
>
Indeed, and it is well-understood.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-08 21:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-24 21:01 [gentoo-dev] [RFC] PROPERTIES=virtual for meta-packages (clarification of definition) Zac Medico
2008-08-25 17:51 ` Michal Kurgan
2008-08-25 18:01 ` Zac Medico
2008-08-25 18:37 ` Michal Kurgan
2008-08-25 18:40 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2008-08-25 19:06 ` Zac Medico
2008-08-25 19:12 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2008-08-25 19:36 ` Zac Medico
2008-08-25 19:58 ` Joe Peterson
2008-08-25 20:03 ` David Leverton
2008-08-26 6:39 ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2008-08-26 13:20 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2008-08-26 14:20 ` Duncan
2008-08-26 17:44 ` Zac Medico
2008-08-27 0:08 ` Duncan
2008-08-27 1:49 ` Zac Medico
2008-08-27 2:23 ` Michal Kurgan
2008-08-27 3:16 ` Zac Medico
2008-08-27 4:18 ` Zac Medico
2008-08-27 3:51 ` Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto
2008-08-30 9:59 ` Steve Long
2008-08-30 12:23 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2008-08-31 2:29 ` [gentoo-dev] " Steve Long
2008-08-31 12:30 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2008-08-31 19:10 ` [gentoo-dev] " Joe Peterson
2008-08-31 21:54 ` Duncan
2008-09-05 13:50 ` Marius Mauch
2008-09-05 13:44 ` [gentoo-dev] " Marius Mauch
2008-09-05 15:38 ` Joe Peterson
2008-09-05 15:46 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2008-09-05 15:50 ` Joe Peterson
2008-09-08 21:40 ` Steve Long [this message]
2008-09-08 22:07 ` [gentoo-dev] " Ciaran McCreesh
2008-09-10 1:30 ` [gentoo-dev] " Steve Long
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