Zac Medico posted on Wed, 01 May 2013 08:01:45 -0700 as excerpted: > On 05/01/2013 07:46 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote:
>> I think it is time to consider enabling [preserve-libs] by default. >> Hopefully any ABI bumps will be accompanied by a >> subslot / slot-operator migration at this point. > > Yeah, I'm pretty happy with the slot-operator adoption, so it feels like > it's about time to enable preserve-libs by default in stable. I know > that this feature has been questioned by some, especially by people > involved with Paludis (which doesn't implement preserve-libs). Maybe it > would be a good idea to get an opinion from the council on whether or > not it should be enabled by default in stable portage. FWIW I've been running 2.2 (and won't touch paludis with a 3 metre pole) for some time, but turned preserved-libs off here because it simply complicates things for me. After some early issues with "too much magic" re preserved-libs (possibly long since fixed but I wouldn't know as I have the feature turned off), I originally would rather let the upgrades happen as they always did and simply run revdep-rebuild afterward, and preserved-libs interfered with that as the libs were still there so revdep-rebuild didn't find anything to rebuild. Of course with sub-slots "doing it the 'correct' way" revdep-rebuild isn't finding so much to rebuild anymore, anyway, so like most people I think, I'm a big subslots fan, but that doesn't mean I trust preserved- libs any more than I did. But I've no objection to preserved-libs becoming the default and while it's not for me personally, I'm cautiously in favor of the idea as a default, as long as it remains a togglable feature. While I /am/ cautiously in favor, I definitely believe running it by council is a good idea, as it should help put to bed any remaining controversy over the idea. Neither the formal "speak now or forever hold your peace" aspect nor the CYA and "it's voted and settled now, don't reopen the topic unless there's GOOD reason" a council blessing provides can be a bad thing. =:^) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
