Re: [gentoo-user] portage-2.2.0_alpha38 & --depclean

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> OK, now we're tracking.
>
> In the specific case of less, the answer is self-evident - it isn't needed. A
> dev would just know that. More likely, he would assume he knows that.
>
> In the general case, they suck their thumbs and guess. Some think more than
> others before they guess, they should all do some basic tests to catch severe
> errors before committing changes and additions, and all of them rely on
> unstable users finding other oddities and bugs.
>
> flameeyes gave some hints and clues into how this works on his blog recently:
>
> http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2011/05/25/psa-packages-failing-to-install-with-new-
> openrc-based-stages-missing-users-and-groups
>
> It's specific to openrc, but if you follow his blog it's easy to read between
> the lines to see what he's getting at usually.
>
> I don't think I've ever met a dev that releases code any other way :-)
>
> None of the above is fact and all of it is my opinion but I do think I'm close
> to the mark.
>
>    

OK.  This is todays version.

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   *] sys-apps/portage-2.2.0_alpha38  USE="(ipc) less%* 
-build -doc -epydoc -python2 -python3 (-selinux)" LINGUAS="-pl" 810 kB
[ebuild   R    ] net-print/hplip-3.10.9-r1  USE="X hpcups kde libnotify 
parport (policykit) qt4 -acl% -doc -fax -hpijs -minimal -scanner -snmp 
-static-ppds (-udev-acl%)" 21,307 kB

So, they added a USE flag to get less back on track.  Does that mean we 
can all remove it from world now?

This is not just for me but for others as well.

Dale

:-)  :-)