On Sat, 6 Apr 2013 11:02:14 -0400 Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Alexis Ballier <aball...@gentoo.org> > wrote: > > On Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:18:22 -0400 > > Ian Stakenvicius <a...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > >> > >> Revbump -- very important in this case, as the slot-operator dep > >> (iirc) does not take effect to allow sub-slot-triggered until > >> after a version with the slot-operator has been emerged. > >> > >> So we want users to re-emerge packages either at the same time > >> libpng-1.6 hits the tree, or beforehand so that they will be > >> triggered for rebuild when libpng-1.6 hits. > >> > > > > > > so we force two rebuilds instead of one ? > > > > Well, ideally you would do it in conjunction with a version bump > rather than a revbump. > > But failing that, a revbump for an EAPI + dependency change seems like > the safest option. > or: we can do the conversion in place, tell people to @preserve-rebuild / revdep-rebuild and get the benefits next time :)
