On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:23:58 +0000 hasufell <hasuf...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > That's not really helpful advice: dynamic dependencies can't be > > fixed. Instead, you should say that anyone who thinks they have an > > idea on how to fix dynamic deps should think about it until they > > understand why it's wrong... > > I was rather talking about the "fix useless rebuilds" issue. It's a > valid point.
It's like saying "OK, the house is on fire, but I really like the wallpaper, so we should just stay in the building"... > What would you suggest? Can the VDB be fixed in another way to avoid > such rebuilds? There are ways of doing it, if you're prepared to make ebuild authors put in an awful lot of work for very little gain. But it shouldn't be a priority, and we need to fix existing breakages before doing something ambitious like that. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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