Danny van Dyk wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1Alec Warner schrieb: |>>The big controversy seems to be over whether repositories carry a |>>unique identifier string (for example, in metadata/repository_id) or |>>whether it's user-assigned. The former is clearly the more sensible |>>option, since it lets you do things like (syntax made up): |>> |>>DEPEND=">=foo-bar/baz-2.1::ciaranmssekritrepo" |>> | | Well lets return to normal syntax for a moment. | DEPEND=">=foo-bar/baz-2.1" | And lets assume this package is named "blar" because I enjoy that name. | | emerge blar --repo=ciaranmssekritrepo | | This accomplishes the same thing, except I get to name the repo whatever | I wish, and you lose the ability to specify repositories in DEPEND. No, it doesn't. How would you add repository-specific items to /etc/portage/package.* ? Futher, imagine this: The gentoo-x86 repo is split into, say, 4 repositories: gentoo-{system,base,desktop,games}. How would you reference DEPENDs from one repo to the other in this case? An optional namespace modifier for *DEPENDS is Good Thing(tm) in my eyes, and I'd really appreciate it being added to portage rather sooner than later. Just one remark: What about making the syntax a bit more familiar to C++ users: ~ DEPENDS="gentoo-foo::foo-bar/baz-2.1" Comments?
what about DEPENDS="gentoo-foo/foo-bar/baz-2.1" lu -- Luca Barbato Gentoo/linux Developer Gentoo/PPC Operational Leader http://dev.gentoo.org/~lu_zero -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
