> On 17 Jan 2022, at 23:24, Georgy Yakovlev <gyakov...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been approached multiple times with that request, and a lot of > time I see new users completely destroyed by rust build time and disk > space requirements. >
I'll out myself as being one of these people!
> WDYT about switching order of rusts in a virtual?
>
> RDEPEND="|| (
> ~dev-lang/rust-${PV}
> ~dev-lang/rust-bin-${PV}
> )"
>
>
> becomes
>
> RDEPEND="|| (
> ~dev-lang/rust-bin-${PV}
> ~dev-lang/rust-${PV}
> )"
>
>
> Existing installs should be unaffected ofc.
> But portage may prefer to depclean rust and not rust-bin if both are
> present.
> Users who wish to use source version at all times can just add it to
> world file.
>
> I see both positives and negatives of doing that, but would like to
> reach out to community first.
I'd like to do -bin first to be consistent with OpenJDK, IcedTea,
and to improve first-install experience.
Not that I'm advocating for removing source builds or anything
like that, but I dare say Rust is generally not something that people
can customise much anyway.
As Ionen has noted, we did already switch in desktop stages.
Best,
sam
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