Am 06.06.2010 13:50, schrieb Domen Kožar: >> And if you add a python slot or remove one, portage currently is not able to >> see that and to >> reinstall packages, which had modules installed for that slot. You need >> another tool >> (python-updater) to check that and to call the needed reinstalls. > > I agree with this fact, user should not be required to read additional > documenation for portage to function as wanted. > > I'm very unfamiliar with inner workings of portage, but using > python-updater implementation, USE_PYTHON behaviour shouldn't be that > hard to implement?
You want some additional switch to portage, which does the work of python-updater? That would just move the code, but would still have the same limitations. What does speak against explicit user control for optional features/slots, including dependency handling by the package manager like in my proposal? -- Thomas Sachau Gentoo Linux Developer
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