On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 09:35:05 +0200 Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > I don't think we can start drafting until we agree on one solution. > AFAICS there are two major ideas: > 1) using special USEflags for that (which I can draft if you like), > 2) copying DEPENDENCIES syntax from exherbo. I guess there's nothing > special to draft here, only to decide on how much to copy. > > First gives you compat and handles all the cases, second one either > doesn't handle everything or forces a completely new syntax.
As well as drafting it, you should produce a test implementation and try out a whole bunch of packages by using it. The last time a big user visible UI related feature like this ended up in PMS without a prior implementation, it ended up having several fairly nasty problems... -- Ciaran McCreesh
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