On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 7:46 AM, David Golden <xda...@gmail.com> wrote: > 08. Extensibly Group Prereqs > > Proposal: > > Rather than have 'config_requires' and 'install_requires' and > 'signature_requires' and 'build_recommends', have a two-level system. This > requires a small bit of reworking now, but is easy to extend later without > adding many top-level keys. Right now (phase)_(verb) is multiplicitive. > Both phases (test, install, configure) and verbs (requires, recommends, > conflicts) can be added easily over time.
Agreed. But only if the phases and types are enumerated and well defined. > * This proposal assumes that the downstream consumers will be able to > handle all possible combinations. The implications for the downstream are > multiplicative, even if the encoding in META.yml are not. I would like to specify in a "usage" section what is expected of downstream parts of the toolchain. -- David
