On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Mike Frysinger <vap...@gentoo.org> wrote: > if it's part of the implicit system dep, they absolutely need to defend their > actions. you want to change the policy, then start a thread on it.
What policy? I don't see any written policy stating that you aren't allowed to include system packages in *DEPEND. There is a line in the devmanual stating that it is "not necessary, nor advisable,..." to list some kinds of system dependencies, full of caveats about the system set varying by profile and specific versions and such. It does not say that it is not permitted. So, I don't really see any policy to change. Anybody wanting to create such a policy is of course welcome to start a thread on it... :) Rich
