On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Gregory M. Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/16/2012 4:59 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: >> [snip]
> > > tldr: I like, approve and otherwise +1 the idea of somehow paring down or > eliminating @system but I think it's going to be fairly challenging, so more > discussion on this topic is warranted in my humble non-developer opinion :) > > -- > > I really like everything you have to say here. Unfortunately, assumptions > of toolchain availability have gotten into the DNA of Gentoo in ways that > make it nontrivial -- although probably not rocket science, either -- to > implement these ideas. The limited-visibility build feature discussed a week or so ago would go a long way in detecting unexpressed build dependencies. -- :wq
