On Sep 22, 2012 10:58 AM, "Michał Górny" <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > Hello, > > The current dependency syntax: > > [VERSION-OP] PACKAGE-NAME ["-" PACKAGE-VERSION] > > suffers a few problems:
The syntax you are describing is used all over portage, not just dependencies. Some examples are the /etc/portage/package.* files, has_version or exact version matching when emerging. Changing it just for dependencies would most certainly confuse people and tbh I like the current syntax :-) Alex | wired
