Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> Except it doesn't. A virtual ebuild:
>
> * installs nothing
> * does nothing
I'd say that virtual does indeed do something: it pulls in other packages.
> * should be treated as being very quickly installable
> * should be treated as having zero cost for installs
>
> The property proposed corresponds to only the last of these.
Still, the term "virtual" fits the spirit of the idea well.
> Virtual methods in OO can do lots. You're thinking 'pure virtual' or
> 'abstract'.
Yes, you are correct (pure virtual is what I was thinking).
-Joe
