[gentoo-user] Re: virtual/shadow

2012-03-13 Thread »Q«
On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:54:30 +0200 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 13/03/12 00:34, »Q« wrote: > > On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:29:10 +0200 > > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > >> Anyone care to offer an opinion on what it will take to get > >> PROVIDES support in portage? > > > > IMO, it would take virtua

[gentoo-user] Re: virtual/shadow

2012-03-12 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 13/03/12 02:23, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:54:30 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Anyone care to offer an opinion on what it will take to get PROVIDES support in portage? IMO, it would take virtuals causing so many headachy breakages that some devs started keeping up a stea

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: virtual/shadow

2012-03-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:54:30 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> Anyone care to offer an opinion on what it will take to get PROVIDES > >> support in portage? > > > > IMO, it would take virtuals causing so many headachy breakages that > > some devs started keeping up a steady drumbeat on irc an

[gentoo-user] Re: virtual/shadow

2012-03-12 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 13/03/12 00:34, »Q« wrote: On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:29:10 +0200 Alan McKinnon wrote: Anyone care to offer an opinion on what it will take to get PROVIDES support in portage? IMO, it would take virtuals causing so many headachy breakages that some devs started keeping up a steady drumbeat on

[gentoo-user] Re: virtual/shadow

2012-03-12 Thread »Q«
On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:29:10 +0200 Alan McKinnon wrote: > Anyone care to offer an opinion on what it will take to get PROVIDES > support in portage? IMO, it would take virtuals causing so many headachy breakages that some devs started keeping up a steady drumbeat on irc and mailing lists. When

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: virtual/shadow

2012-03-12 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:19:12 +0200 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 12/03/12 20:05, Bruce Hill, Jr. wrote: > > These virtual apps are irritating me, and the fanboi answers in > > #gentoo are worse. > > > > What is the purpose of virtual/shadow and why would I want it? > > Paul's answers covers it

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: virtual/shadow

2012-03-12 Thread Bruce Hill, Jr.
On March 12, 2012 at 3:19 PM Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 12/03/12 20:05, Bruce Hill, Jr. wrote: > > These virtual apps are irritating me, and the fanboi answers in #gentoo > > are worse. > > > > What is the purpose of virtual/shadow and why would I want it? > > Paul's answers covers it, bu

[gentoo-user] Re: virtual/shadow

2012-03-12 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 12/03/12 20:05, Bruce Hill, Jr. wrote: These virtual apps are irritating me, and the fanboi answers in #gentoo are worse. What is the purpose of virtual/shadow and why would I want it? Paul's answers covers it, but I'll give an explanation that is the reverse of a fanboi answer. The re