Re: CMSP 08. Extensibly Group Prereqs

2009-11-02 Thread Adam Kennedy
A quick comment on this one, before work begins on implementing it. This proposal involves the creation of 8+ new dependency types, none of which have been discussed in detail as far as I can tell. Pending rigourous analysis of the implications of this proposal, I think it's fluff. It sounds

Re: CMSP 08. Extensibly Group Prereqs

2009-10-09 Thread David Golden
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 7:46 AM, David Golden xda...@gmail.com wrote: 08. Extensibly Group Prereqs Proposal: Rather than have 'config_requires' and 'install_requires' and 'signature_requires' and 'build_recommends', have a two-level system.  This requires a small bit of reworking now, but is

Re: CMSP 08. Extensibly Group Prereqs

2009-10-09 Thread Hans Dieter Pearcey
Excerpts from David Golden's message of Fri Oct 09 09:59:22 -0400 2009: I would like to specify in a usage section what is expected of downstream parts of the toolchain. This is probably a good idea for all the proposals. hdp.

Re: CMSP 08. Extensibly Group Prereqs

2009-10-09 Thread David E. Wheeler
On Oct 9, 2009, at 6:36 AM, Graham Barr wrote: Rather than have 'config_requires' and 'install_requires' and 'signature_requires' and 'build_recommends', have a two-level system. This requires a small bit of reworking now, but is easy to extend later without adding many top-level keys.