W dniu nie, 04.03.2018 o godzinie 12∶18 +0100, użytkownik Ulrich Mueller
napisał:
> > > > > > On Sat, 3 Mar 2018, Michał Górny wrote:
> > Warn if the '=' package dependency operator is used along with pure
> > version with no revision specified. This means to catch a common mistake
> > of developers copying '=' from upstream dependency specification while
> > '~' operator would be more appropriate. This causes unintended depgraph
> > breakage when the dependencies are revbumped e.g. due to dependency
> > changes, or prevents people from upgrading.
> > The developers are given two suggestions: either to use '~' if any
> > revision is acceptable, or to explicitly specify '-r0' when they really
> > do accept -r0 only.
> 
> I won't be opposed against this, but there doesn't seem to be any
> policy that would require explicit -r0 in dependency specifications.
> So this is a policy change which should be discussed in gentoo-dev
> before it can be added to repoman.
> 
> Also according to PMS, no revision and -r0 (and even -r00) are
> completely equivalent. so IMHO we should think twice before
> introducing behaviour that would treat them differently in some
> places.
> 

For the record: we already did something similar for slot operators
(no slotop vs :*), and I'm mostly following suit.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny


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