[gentoo-user] Re: Changing dependencies without upping version ??

[Ian Zimmerman <itz@very.loosely.org>]

On 2017-09-24 21:05, Neil Bothwick wrote:

> If the change doesn't affect the installed code, it is encouraged to
> avoid unnecessary rebuilding.
> 
> For example, a new version of LibreOffice or Chromium depends on
> libfoo, but the dev doesn't notice and already has libfoo installed so
> it works for him. You also have it installed so the upgrade works for
> you, then it fails for me and I file a bug report. If the dev
> revbumped the ebuild, you would have to spend a couple of hours
> rebuilding Chromium to get exactly the same code you had before. By
> not revbumping it, he fixes the problem for me without inconveniencing
> you.

I see, but of course in this case the effect would be exactly the
opposite - forcing me to rebuild the core qt packages and everything
that depends on them.  And if this was not a mistake, it must have been
clear that would happen.

It feels like a sneaky way to finally get the few remaining qt4 stragglers
out of the way.

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