On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:54:30 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> Anyone care to offer an opinion on what it will take to get PROVIDES > >> support in portage? > > > > IMO, it would take virtuals causing so many headachy breakages that > > some devs started keeping up a steady drumbeat on irc and mailing > > lists. When the number of virtual packages gets close to a thousand, > > I'd guess that might happen. Then there would be years of discussion > > and GLEP proposals, and by EAPI 207 it should be done. > > The problem isn't the amount of virtuals. This doesn't affect the > users much. It's the inability for people to offer replacement > packages in overlays.
They could include a modified virtual in the overlay, but your point is valid; including the information in the ebuilds is more flexible. -- Neil Bothwick Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
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