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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] minimalistic emerge
From:       Kent Fredric <kentfredric () gmail ! com>
Date:       2014-08-08 21:43:59
Message-ID: CAATnKFAWNn=mqUuXDpGtT8ZDSNn3XW5Fc4YQ8-XT0jkA0jToSw () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 9 August 2014 09:39, Ian Stakenvicius <axs@gentoo.org> wrote:

> *AND* (just to tie this back) it's unlikely that this is going to
> actually help the original issue posted, ie, reducing the amount of
> dependency updates being done "unnecessarily" on a system, or making
> blind/automated system updates (of the type mentioned in the thread)
> less susceptible to system breakage.
>

Yeah, if anything, that system is more likely to isolate previously unknown
incompatibilities, establish *tighter* dependency ranges in order to
satisfy them, and require *more* revision bumps and require you to update
much more than you already do.

So careful what you wish for :)


-- 
Kent

*KENTNL* - https://metacpan.org/author/KENTNL

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<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 9 August 2014 \
09:39, Ian Stakenvicius <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:axs@gentoo.org" \
target="_blank">axs@gentoo.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div id=":3i2" class="a3s" style="overflow:hidden">*AND* \
(just to tie this back) it&#39;s unlikely that this is going to<br> actually help the \
original issue posted, ie, reducing the amount of<br> dependency updates being done \
&quot;unnecessarily&quot; on a system, or making<br> blind/automated system updates \
(of the type mentioned in the thread)<br> less susceptible to system \
breakage.</div></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Yeah, if \
anything, that system is more likely to isolate previously unknown incompatibilities, \
establish *tighter* dependency ranges in order to satisfy them, and require *more* \
revision bumps and require you to update much more than you already do.<br> \
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">So careful what you wish for :)<br></div><div \
class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>Kent<font \
size="1"><b> <br><br></b></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(204,204,204)"><font \
size="1"><b>KENTNL</b> - <a href="https://metacpan.org/author/KENTNL" \
target="_blank">https://metacpan.org/author/KENTNL</a></font></span><br> \
</div><div><br></div></div> </div></div>



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