On 07-09-2012 19:55:53 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> > It appears slot-operator-deps do have some resemblance with ABI here
> > (especially if :* would be written in PMS such that it only allows
> > upgrades, no downgrades), but sub-slots are completely unrelated.
> 
> Downgrades are a different, unrelated problem. If you're trying to
> solve that, you'll need a different, orthogonal solution. Note, though,
> that downgrade breakages are typically not covered by whatever you think
> an ABI is.

I don't really want to solve downgrades.  I just want to fully
understand what slot-deps is supposed to do, and what not.
It seems I fail in doing so.


-- 
Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level

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