On Wed, 2015-03-11 at 13:48 -0700, Zac Medico wrote: > 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.
Oops, seems like I stumbled into a delicate area. Anyhow, thanks for clarifying this. I will change Transmode defaults to --dynamic-deps=n and see what happens. Maybe a gentle push for --dynamic-deps=n in the man page could be the way forward? Jocke
