From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 60D8D1396D0 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2017 22:18:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D3672E0F9E; Sun, 24 Sep 2017 22:18:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from very.loosely.org (very.loosely.org [173.255.215.69]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 79E04E0F89 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2017 22:18:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.8.78.6] (port=38118 helo=matica.foolinux.mooo.com) by ahiker.mooo.com with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1dwFDu-0000h3-DH for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2017 15:18:02 -0700 Received: from itz by matica.foolinux.mooo.com with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1dwFDo-0000dn-QJ for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2017 15:17:56 -0700 Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 15:17:56 -0700 From: Ian Zimmerman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Changing dependencies without upping version ?? Message-ID: <20170924221756.wrcujwqkyloxehx4@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20170924173753.bxpluo4s6f42uojo@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> <20170924210502.3b108cac@digimed.co.uk> 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: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170924210502.3b108cac@digimed.co.uk> X-Loosely-Listed: yes User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170707 (1.8.3) X-Archives-Salt: 8372808b-f39c-42e5-b7c9-492554e21170 X-Archives-Hash: b644366710c7f2bb55ea7599097395b3 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. -- Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. Do obvious transformation on domain to reply privately _only_ on Usenet.