On Tue, 2022-08-16 at 22:48 +0000, Eric Joldasov wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'd like to introduce "zig" virtual package that will be satisfied by > "dev-lang/zig-bin" or "dev-lang/zig" package [1]. The main reason is that > compilation of "dev-lang/zig" requires a lot of RAM [2] (10 GB, which makes > it impossible to build on x86 arch) and depends on LLVM, which can be a big > problem for people who just want to upgrade "sys-fs/ncdu" (the only reverse > dependency) or use this programming language on systems with small amount of > RAM. > > [1] https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/26325 > [2] > https://github.com/ziglang/zig/wiki/Troubleshooting-Build-Issues#high-memory-requirements > [3] https://bugs.gentoo.org/823086 >
In general that's a valid use of virtual and I don't exactly mind having it added but if it's just one package, perhaps it'd be better to start with a simple || dep and see how things develop? -- Best regards, Michał Górny
