On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 20:18:17 +0200 Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > I think I prefer the second option (copying from Exherbo). A better > > integration with the package manager than USE flags should result > > in a better user experience. > > Are you willing to update and EAPI-bump all the eclasses? May I remind > you that most of them don't even go beyond EAPI 0?
Most of them shouldn't need to care about EAPI at all. For those that do, the only changes that should be necessary for an Exherbo-like SDEPEND solution are for packages that actually want to use it... If you also want to switch from *DEPEND to DEPENDENCIES (which would also allow a whole bunch of other long standing feature requests to be fulfilled) then it's still only slightly more work -- but last time I asked, adding new dependency classes or switching dependency syntax was in the "too tricky to do in Portage" boat. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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