Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:28:09 -0800 Donnie Berkholz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | Yes, for all 3 people who have a clue what it means when virtual/x11 > | gets pulled in. How many users do you seriously think will have a clue > | and think "Oh, virtual/x11 is getting pulled in here. I must have a > | package that isn't ported to modular X somewhere in this list. Let me > | track it down and file a bug."? > > When users suddenly see lots of extra X packages being pulled in that > they don't need, it'll be rather obvious (and trivial to track down > with --tree). Especially if it's documented somewhere that "packages > that suddenly pull in lots of extra X packages usually means porting > needed".
Where do they define "lots"? Many packages will legitimately pull in a large quantity of libs or apps that are not installed by someone emerging xorg-server, e.g. > | > * The clean solution is the solution originally proposed to this > | > list, and the reason we are using new style virtuals. > | > | No, this is wrong. The reason we are using new style virtuals is so we > | could have a versioning in what provides virtual/x11. Namely, 6.8 or > | older. > > Uh, given that you can do that with old style virtuals, methinks that > isn't the case... Really? It's certainly not made clear. Has the ability existed for long? I can only find a single example of it in the virtuals files, which was added last summer. I don't make a habit of browsing through profiles every few months to see whether some new undocumented feature has appeared. There are no existing examples anywhere in the documentation I've seen, and only a vague hint that virtuals could be any DEPEND atom. Given that virtual dependencies couldn't work properly with versions, it was a carryover that virtuals could also not be provided by versioned things. I guarantee you that adding all of modular X to the virtual/x11 will make this drag out for years, and THAT is unacceptable to me. Thanks, Donnie
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