On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:51:01 +0200 Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > I think you should start by describing the problem so we all could > understand it, and then we can start thinking about a solution.
It's simple: abusing versions and slots invalidates what is otherwise sensible logic. Thus in the long term we need to stop abusing versions and slots, and in the short term a mechanism is needed to indicate where this abuse happens. This is the short term fix. > Is it that Paludis installs a newer SLOT even if a reverse dependency > explicitly requests another SLOT? Sounds like a bug to me. No, it's that if a user requests a "complete" resolution, Paludis installs the newest version of things that it can. Extensive consultation with users has shown that this is a good behaviour, except in the small number of situations that have recently arisen where people are doing weird things with versions and slots. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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