Re: CMSP 14. Prerequisites should be mutually exclusive

2009-10-10 Thread Zefram
David Golden wrote: Modules should only be listed once across all prerequisite categories. Strongly opposed. It's possible for a single module to be required in more than one phase, possibly for independent reasons and possibly with different minimum versions. If the module must be listed only

Re: CMSP 14. Prerequisites should be mutually exclusive

2009-10-09 Thread Ricardo Signes
* David Golden xda...@gmail.com [2009-10-09T07:48:50] 14. Prerequisites should be mutually exclusive No vote, no strong opinion. -- rjbs

Re: CMSP 14. Prerequisites should be mutually exclusive

2009-10-09 Thread Steffen Mueller
David Golden wrote: 14. Prerequisites should be mutually exclusive * I think this would remove a certain amount of useful flexibility, standard light weight META Object modules could easily automate the production of the merged list. This feels like sacrificing on a fundamental point to

Re: CMSP 14. Prerequisites should be mutually exclusive

2009-10-09 Thread David E. Wheeler
On Oct 9, 2009, at 6:55 AM, Graham Barr wrote: Modules should only be listed once across all prerequisite categories. E.g. a 'requires' module shouldn't be listed in 'test_requires'; a 'configure_requires' module shouldn't be listed in 'build_requires'. Instead, the spec should define which