On 2017-09-24 21:05, Neil Bothwick wrote: > If the change doesn't affect the installed code, it is encouraged to > avoid unnecessary rebuilding. > > For example, a new version of LibreOffice or Chromium depends on > libfoo, but the dev doesn't notice and already has libfoo installed so > it works for him. You also have it installed so the upgrade works for > you, then it fails for me and I file a bug report. If the dev > revbumped the ebuild, you would have to spend a couple of hours > rebuilding Chromium to get exactly the same code you had before. By > not revbumping it, he fixes the problem for me without inconveniencing > you.
I see, but of course in this case the effect would be exactly the opposite - forcing me to rebuild the core qt packages and everything that depends on them. And if this was not a mistake, it must have been clear that would happen. It feels like a sneaky way to finally get the few remaining qt4 stragglers out of the way. -- Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. Do obvious transformation on domain to reply privately _only_ on Usenet.
