On 02/01/13 13:11, Samuli Suominen wrote: > On 01/01/13 23:01, Jeff Horelick wrote: >> I would like to propose a switch of the order of DEPENDs in >> virtual/pkgconfig to make dev-util/pkgconf[pkg-config] the default >> choice for new installations. >> >> dev-util/pkgconf has less external dependencies, is lighter and is >> faster than dev-util/pkgconfig while being now 100% compatible >> >> This switch has already been made by Funtoo, Alpine Linux and FreeBSD >> with very little in the way of ill effects recently from any of those >> 3 camps. >> >> There are no more pending bugs against pkgconf (and Diego did a >> tinderbox run with it a while back) in Gentoo. >> >> pkgconf also has a upstream that is more than happy to work with us >> specifically (or anyone for that matter) and I (a Gentoo developer) am >> one of the upstream developers. >> >> If this is approved, I will make the change in ~2 weeks. I'm not >> planning on making a news item because users should notice little >> difference. >> >> Thanks >> Jeff >> > > i'd say never. there is no benefit in switching. pkg-config is the > default implementation from freedesktop.org.
And has its share of issues. > pkg-config is now lighter and has less dependencies than before as the > switch from bundled glib1 to glib2 allowed dropping of the popt library. As if glib-2 is any lighter... > and since pkgconf upstream doesn't properly follow pkg-config upstream > git and do necessary changes, like for bug 445796 it would mean > pkg-config related bugs would have to be reported to double upstream and > thus, not be maintainable Non sequitur at best. My interaction with both upstreams had been decent though. > last I checked prefix didn't have issues with the pkg-config bootstrap > either. there is no circular deps either. check glib deps iirc some non-glibc platforms have few problems with it. lu
