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 577461396D0 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:03:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3707F2BC009; Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:03:51 +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 D3D3A2BC002 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:03:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.8.78.6] (port=51606 helo=matica.foolinux.mooo.com) by ahiker.mooo.com with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1dwWnN-00058b-B6 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:03:49 -0700 Received: from itz by matica.foolinux.mooo.com with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1dwWnF-00029i-FN for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:03:41 -0700 Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:03:41 -0700 From: Ian Zimmerman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Changing dependencies without upping version ?? Message-ID: <20170925170341.74api4s3evxsbly4@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20170924173753.bxpluo4s6f42uojo@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> 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: X-Loosely-Listed: yes User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170707 (1.8.3) X-Archives-Salt: 47330b66-cc01-4f40-96b1-89d30254066e X-Archives-Hash: 16f1d278c0ed99aba0719371284dfe5d On 2017-09-25 22:24, Michael Palimaka wrote: > I see a few complaints in this thread, but nobody so far has > elaborated on the problem they have with this change. The problem is that if I want to complete the upgrade the way portage suggests, I have to (newly) allow in and time-consumingly build _all_ the qt5 core libraries, since they depend on one another in nearly circular fashion, and the updated qtcustomplot becomes the "camel's nose". I dealt with this by unmerging the few qt using apps I had installed and finding alternatives for them. Some of the alternatives are inferior, but it beats this "eternal transition" qt stuff. I'll make a prediction but I don't expect anyone to bet: by the time all useful packages migrate to qt5, the qt6 transition will already be in full swing. -- 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.