On Dec 10, 2007 10:21 AM, Donnie Berkholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 00:26 Mon 10 Dec , Robin H. Johnson wrote: > > What I've got for my Xorg testing setup, is foo-9999-rX, with a number > > of different -X values that I just select from via package.{un,}mask > > while testing - this saves altering everything else in the tree to pick > > some package that has a different name just to satisfy a branch (which > > also requires lots of ${MY_PN} mockery for some packages. > > You'd also need to put '!cat/pn-feat' in the base cat/pn package and > > vice-versa. > > While we're getting a bit off the original topic here, it occurred to me > that using SLOTs for this, in combination with various SLOT deps and > SLOT blockers, might work. Then one could use a search tool that would > display SLOTs to show you which branch you're getting. >
Too tricky. It would confuse package managers and would break the meaning of SLOT. An use expanded SCM_BRANCH combined with use dependencies makes more sense and, hopefully, would be something manageable. Regards, Santiago -- Santiago M. Mola Jabber ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list