Ingo Bormuth wrote:
Hi dev-list,
what is the rule concerning when to introduce new virtuals?
I created an ebuild for metaocaml which is a real drop in replacement for
the ocaml programming language allowing for metaprogramming and dynamic
linking. Metaocaml in fact is a patched version of ocaml.
For licence reasons the patch is not available so I cannot optionally
apply it in the ocaml ebuild.
Would you in such a case create a new virtual or just
PROVIDE "dev-lang/ocaml" in the metaocaml ebuild ?
More information: Bug #111407
Thanks Ingo
For a small number of deps ( IE 2 providers ) you can use an || depend atom.
|| ( dev-lang/ocaml dev-lang/metaocaml ) -> for example
Regardless of the outcome ( virtual vs no virtual ) the virtual should
be a new style, and not an old style virtual. I would say one is not
necessary here however.
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