On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Zac Medico <zmed...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On 05/01/2013 07:46 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Zac Medico <zmed...@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Jörg Schaible <joerg.schai...@gmx.de>
>>> wrote:
>>>> The most annoying fact is, that none of this would have been necessary with
>>>> portage 2.2, but maybe we have to wait for 2.1.11.500 before 2.2 gets
>>>> stable...
>>>
>>> Since portage-2.1.11.20 [1], you can do this:
>>>
>>> echo 'FEATURES="${FEATURES} preserve-libs"' >> /etc/portage/make.conf
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> http://blogs.gentoo.org/zmedico/2012/09/21/preserve-libs-available-in-portage-2-1/
>>>
>>
>> I think it is time to consider enabling this by default. Hopefully any
>> ABI bumps will be accompanied by a subslot / slot-operator migration
>> at this point.
>
> Yeah, I'm pretty happy with the slot-operator adoption, so it feels like
> it's about time to enable preserve-libs by default in stable. I know
> that this feature has been questioned by some, especially by people
> involved with Paludis (which doesn't implement preserve-libs). Maybe it
> would be a good idea to get an opinion from the council on whether or
> not it should be enabled by default in stable portage.
I have requested that this be added to the agenda for the next council
meeting in a couple of weeks.
