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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Moving subslot-only virtuals to a separate category to reduce confusion
From:       Ulrich Mueller <ulm () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2021-01-31 10:28:47
Message-ID: uo8h5bdsw () gentoo ! org
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>>>>> On Sat, 30 Jan 2021, Michael Orlitzky wrote:

> On Sat, 2021-01-30 at 18:35 +0100, Michał Górny wrote:
>> 
>> To make this SOVERSION-virtual concept more visible and easily
>> distinguishable from regular virtuals, I'd like to propose that we
>> start
>> moving them into a dedicated category.  For example, 'lib-sover'
>> comes
>> to my mind.  While this ofc doesn't guarantee that people will do
>> things
>> right, it will at least make it clear that these packages are
>> somewhat
>> different from regular virtuals and hopefully avoid making wrong
>> assumptions.

> I would go all the way and move (say) the libjpeg provider to media-
> libs/libjpeg.

Either that, or the opposite of it, i.e. move it to something like
virtual/libjpeg-soname to make the intention clear. Whatever we would
choose, I don't think that we need a new category for this.

Also, moving these virtuals out of virtual/ would require updating
several tools. For example, tools must handle empty HOMEPAGE and
LICENSE.

Ulrich

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