From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S7FXi-0004vU-25 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:24:47 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1A7C6E09C0; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:24:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20190E0C63 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:23:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (yooden.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C9E8880891 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:23:27 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:23:17 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: virtual/shadow Message-ID: <20120313002317.623e4e26@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <1669924605.604523.1331575521916.JavaMail.open-xchange@email.1and1.com> <20120312222910.063104c6@khamul.example.com> <20120312173416.06817095@fuchsia.remarqs.net> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0cvs31 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/MIE_X21UrkZfgBmhVU3fik1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 3d5c79c7-b532-4104-bb85-454cc08d58f2 X-Archives-Hash: 106cc0c8bb4b1a5bb5b9428d73c641e5 --Sig_/MIE_X21UrkZfgBmhVU3fik1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:54:30 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> Anyone care to offer an opinion on what it will take to get PROVIDES > >> support in portage? =20 > > > > IMO, it would take virtuals causing so many headachy breakages that > > some devs started keeping up a steady drumbeat on irc and mailing > > lists. When the number of virtual packages gets close to a thousand, > > I'd guess that might happen. Then there would be years of discussion > > and GLEP proposals, and by EAPI 207 it should be done. =20 >=20 > The problem isn't the amount of virtuals. This doesn't affect the > users much. It's the inability for people to offer replacement > packages in overlays. They could include a modified virtual in the overlay, but your point is valid; including the information in the ebuilds is more flexible. --=20 Neil Bothwick Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. --Sig_/MIE_X21UrkZfgBmhVU3fik1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk9ek34ACgkQum4al0N1GQMLEgCghWj5YMMk2N1qFsIllcWTp1Qw RfwAoIJSM+9XFGxdxb7h2TW/op1Wv362 =mX8Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/MIE_X21UrkZfgBmhVU3fik1--