>>>>> On Wed, 17 Aug 2011, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:58:32 -0700 > Zac Medico <zmed...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> You can insist on this SRC_URI + DEFINED_PHASES approach, but I >> doubt that package manager developers will want to rely on these >> kinds of fragile assumptions. You thought that relying on the >> "virtual" category name was ridiculous, but this SRC_URI + >> DEFINED_PHASES approach seems must less practical to me.
> The difference is, SRC_URI + DEFINED_PHASES is guaranteed to work. Adding explicit information to PROPERTIES still looks much cleaner to me. And as previously noted, not every virtual (or meta package) has empty DEFINED_PHASES. Ulrich
