[gentoo-project] Re: Call for agenda items - Council meeting 2014-08-12

[Michael Palimaka <kensington@gentoo.org>]

On 08/02/2014 12:35 AM, hasufell wrote:
> Rich Freeman:
>> On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Ciaran McCreesh
>> <ciaran.mccreesh@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 09:24:46 -0400
>>> Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>>> The thing is, with @preserved-rebuild I don't have to run
>>>> revdep-rebuild for the packages that either can't be or simply aren't
>>>> migrated to slot operator deps.  That is a huge win.  Also, random
>>>> things aren't broken during the time that I'm rebuilding, so I don't
>>>> end up chrooting into my system from a rescue CD when I forget to run
>>>> revdep-rebuild.  I'll be happy when the day comes when we can get rid
>>>> of it, but that day is not yet here.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, like dynamic dependencies, there's a vicious feedback
>>> cycle of increasingly ugly hacks with preserved-rebuild.
>>
>> No argument there at all.  Hence my statement that I'll be happy when
>> the day comes when I can be rid of it.
>>
> 
> Rich, this is a _fundamental_ problem we have in gentoo. It's the lack
> of a development model.

It's also one of Gentoo's strengths. Please draft a document and present
it to the Council if you would like to change it.