On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 06:27:36 -0700
Zac Medico <[email protected]> wrote:
> Note that the jre and jdk relationship isn't necessarily the only
> relationship with these properties. Wouldn't it be better to make the
> dependency resolver a bit smarter (as implemented in portage for many
> years), than to introduce a bunch of workarounds like the jdk USE flag
> that you suggest?

The dependency resolver can only be made smarter if it's given accurate
information about when it can be smart.

Random guesswork isn't accurate information.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh

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