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On 23/01/13 03:42 PM, Tomáš Chvátal wrote:
> Hi guys, do we have some scans that report libraries converted to
> subslots and lists their rdeps checked if they are updated
> accordingly?
> 
> It might be pretty usefull to actually see where the deps needed to
> be updated so we can take use of this feature where possible (also
> its a hint for lib maintainers to update their libs and see real
> impact).
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Tom
> 


No, we don't -- and I agree, it would.  I'll look into it.

In general, I would recommend for any library maintainers, to either
file bugs against the rdeps of a package or directly update the rdeps
(with permission, of course) when implementing sub-slots.  Of course,
I believe the rdeps of a library can add slot operators to their
*DEPEND atoms even if the library doesn't have a sub-slot (yet); this
would be useful anyways, as a new sub-slot in the lib will
automatically trigger appropriate rebuilding.  The only issue here is
a maintainer would need to know how sensitive their package is to
changes in the library it deoends on (ie whether it actually needs to
use a := slot operator or not).

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