Hi again,
sorry for to reply in reverse, just wanted to get it out as it was scrolling
by, before some other "event" distracts me again, ...
On 05.11.2012, at 22:03, Toan Pham wrote:
> I am not sure if you have noticed; but there are many packages in trunk
> wouldn't build b/c their dependency priorities are just wrong. Managing
> dependency priority order, i can imagine, is a nightmare unless you have some
> kind of special tools. Since the current [DEP] tag is for building at stage
> 9 only; i would like to recommend a hard dependency tag, ie [HDEP]. It can
> be used to build at stage 1-5, in addition to using the current dependency
> priority. The idea is still being able to transverse the current package
> database based on priority level and also being able to use hard dependency
> [HDEP] tags to fix the issue with "linear priority level being out-of-order
> ".
>
> In a scenario when a configured target fails to include a hard-dependency of
> a particular package; the build tool should warn the user of this issue,
> similar to warning dependency failure when emerging a package. Overtime, I
> think the hard dependency flag will create a really valuable database for
> resolving dependency issues; and of course, will also make t2-SDE much more
> friendly and powerful.
>
> The idea discussed here should not be hard to implement. In addition, at the
> first stage of development, we can make this option user configurable. Would
> you please give me your opinion?
Yes, we had removing this static number sort priority on our T2 wishlist for
some time already. But as trunk appears to work quite well for most of us
(embedded, server, VM, etc. pp use) and most of us appear to be a little busy
with work, side projects and so on we did not untertake too experimental
changes in the latest time.
If we touch the dependency thing we should get rid of this numeric priority
entirely.
I would suggest to go the route to consider all dependencies hard, and we just
mark optional. As optional deps are usual at fancy UI apps etc. That should be
easier and faster to get working fast.
Which scenario of build setup and packages are you having trouble with right
now?
René
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René Rebe, ExactCODE GmbH, Jaegerstr. 67, DE-10117 Berlin
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