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 F2B001381F3 for ; Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:14:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 45DC4E09FE; Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:14:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B54C4E09FD for ; Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:14:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.33] (143.Red-2-137-62.dynamicIP.rima-tde.net [2.137.62.143]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: pacho) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E995533E936 for ; Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:14:22 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <1374779658.4925.17.camel@localhost> Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] A way for trying to prevent useless rebuilds From: Pacho Ramos To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 21:14:18 +0200 In-Reply-To: <51F175BD.90601@gentoo.org> References: <1374778444.4925.7.camel@localhost> <51F175BD.90601@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.8.4 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: 2e59290f-65d2-421b-9593-560d6c6c8d72 X-Archives-Hash: debf342dc2bd763f49905af8f43c4938 El jue, 25-07-2013 a las 12:00 -0700, Zac Medico escribió: > On 07/25/2013 11:54 AM, Pacho Ramos wrote: > > This question comes to my mind every time a developer decides to > > drop/add a USE flag to ebuilds like gcc/webkit-gtk/libreoffice... > > > > I think that we should have a file (like used for category movements) to > > let PM know how to handle this situation. > > > > For example, > > category/foo-1.0 has a "gnome" USE flag but, later, that one is dropped: > > -> If it is now *enabling* that support always, our file could have > > something like: > > category/foo gnome + -> that would mean that, when "gnome" USE flag is > > NOT found, portage assumes it as being enabled, that will mean that > > people having previously "gnome" enabled wouldn't need to rebuild the > > package > > > > ... and the opposite > > > > What do you think? > > We could do something like that. You should propose it in the gentoo-pms > list. OK, wanted to be sure a similar idea wasn't rejected before :)