On 03/11/2015 01:27 PM, Brian Dolbec wrote: > On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 20:16:06 +0000 > Joakim Tjernlund <[email protected]> wrote: >> Why is --dynamic-deps=y default? This feels like lying about your >> true deps, I am probably missing something here, an example would be >> great:) > > > Because the last time we even discussed the possibility of changing > this and steps that might be to fix problems,... There were a few > individuals that raised such a stink about it, they even brought it to > council to have us STOPPED.
Well, stuff like this happens when you have lots of users. On the bright side, at least we have users! Something similar happened when I tried to make emerge --quiet-build the default. > So, as a result much of the portage team don't feel like working on > portage. Heaven forbid we actually make a change! It's not so bad, considering that you can simply use --dynamic-deps=n if you want, and now --changed-deps makes it feasible regardless of what ebuild developers do. -- Thanks, Zac
