[gentoo-portage-dev] Re: [PATCH] emerge: add --changed-deps/--binpkg-changed-deps (282927)

[Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>]

On 12/23/2014 12:45 PM, Zac Medico wrote:
> The @changed-deps set is useful, but it has limitations similar to the
> @installed set (see bug #387059), which can make it unsuitable for use
> when updating the whole system. Therefore, implement two new options
> that are analogous to --newuse and --binpkg-respect-use, called
> --changed-deps and --binpkg-changed-deps.
> 
> The rationale for having a separate --binpkg-* option is the same in
> both cases: depending on the situation, people may want different
> behavior for binary packages. For example, just like
> ---binpkg-respect-use is automatically enabled if the user has not
> specified --usepkgonly, so is --binpkg-changed-deps (though the user
> can explicitly override the automatic behavior). In both cases,
> inconsistencies in dependencies are automatically avoided, increasing
> the probability of a successful dependency calculation.
> 
> X-Gentoo-Bug: 282927
> X-Gentoo-Bug-URL: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=282927
> ---
>  man/emerge.1                                    |  22 +++-
>  pym/_emerge/create_depgraph_params.py           |  16 +++
>  pym/_emerge/depgraph.py                         | 138 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  pym/_emerge/main.py                             |  26 +++++
>  pym/portage/dep/_slot_operator.py               |  13 +++
>  pym/portage/tests/resolver/test_changed_deps.py | 120 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  6 files changed, 323 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 pym/portage/tests/resolver/test_changed_deps.py

Any feedback on this? I think it's good to merge.
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Thanks,
Zac