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 00DB11387FD for ; Mon, 7 Apr 2014 14:49:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5F028E0B1C; Mon, 7 Apr 2014 14:49:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f177.google.com (mail-wi0-f177.google.com [209.85.212.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AB502E0B1A for ; Mon, 7 Apr 2014 14:49:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f177.google.com with SMTP id cc10so5190416wib.4 for ; Mon, 07 Apr 2014 07:49:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type; bh=p/w4Ql8c0mfrAqbmBEwNa09RsDcJXjRcsqaNF/hF40Y=; b=gBRvSXFvSCKvs7Wk17K3ZrvSe7F7DqxYCxsuYVsQQmI/6je470Y14JG4zh+9h8L18f IzTKXXDnIzoc4oEGBSG+twIFangkSsb+YVH64niU0K9i+EUjdAT/MpyYP79YLPMH6Txr RrYROZs22ojWPwGSveaKCDVMblEsh1So6C52OdRTMPd/Bz94cwXJhEdtQKFWwM+g25vm g8Mg8Qn2tHgR6YCt1S8hFEaonCp/gtm5wleP/q9+mNxCZsKkcT3I3SrYemrfQgW/u3cr O4Upq4lDDeI6P0ABZj2WfVp2Rpjd6Vzvc5gbHo2LO4ta4brveGtFT45TbHBhPkt9oSDJ Dneg== X-Received: by 10.180.24.134 with SMTP id u6mr26250902wif.41.1396882153920; Mon, 07 Apr 2014 07:49:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cpc3-broo7-2-0-cust157.14-2.cable.virginm.net. [86.30.224.158]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id jd2sm24367528wic.9.2014.04.07.07.49.13 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 07 Apr 2014 07:49:13 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 15:49:05 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items - Council meeting 2014-04-08 Message-ID: <20140407154905.2101b686@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <53429203.8090208@gentoo.org> References: <53342A5F.70903@gentoo.org> <1782441.9eOmMZnMZL@localhost> <53425BA4.8010205@gentoo.org> <1818441.m608ytuvnA@localhost> <53429203.8090208@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.23; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/=9ukgf/IURcwrKJnHrK_MN/"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 88627b41-5358-41e8-bab8-b9103ce03985 X-Archives-Hash: 67ff34985d606cbc87b92efd433fbd1e --Sig_/=9ukgf/IURcwrKJnHrK_MN/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:54:43 +0300 Samuli Suominen wrote: > You can get me to change mind by writing up a policy that says > dynamic deps can't be relied upon, and getting rest of the QA > team, perhaps council, on board with it. They can't be relied upon: they stop working as soon as you remove an ebuild from the tree when the user still has that version installed. They also don't work if you make changes to runtime dependencies that need a reinstall or upgrade, as has happened with various -config utilities. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/=9ukgf/IURcwrKJnHrK_MN/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlNCuuMACgkQ96zL6DUtXhH/AQCgyajmmuyy9UrIjeoL3En4T2S/ 80UAmgIHUxgxOYfn2j/T+9VLPQ4EFTx4 =v10x -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/=9ukgf/IURcwrKJnHrK_MN/--