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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: optinal run time dependencies
From:       Markos Chandras <hwoarang () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2011-07-18 15:17:28
Message-ID: 4E244E88.7030501 () gentoo ! org
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On 18/07/2011 05:45 μμ, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:25:08 +0300
> Markos Chandras <hwoarang@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>> If you have suggested dependencies, you don't need to use
>>> pkg_postinst, since suggested dependencies are better.
>>>
>> You may need some extra text to explain why these dependencies are
>> needed, or what kind of runtime functionality they provide
> 
> No, that's part of the suggestion itself (and is something that's
> needed for blockers too). One fairly elegant way of doing it is:
> 
> http://exherbo.org/docs/exheres-for-smarties.html#annotations
> 
>> or how to enable/disable them etc.
> 
> And that's part of how to use the package manager.
> 
So we are not just talking about a new variable (SDEPEND) but about a
new notation as well. To be honest, I like the exherbo approach. I would
like the council to include this topic in the upcoming agenda

- -- 
Regards,
Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
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