2013/6/16 Zac Medico <zmed...@gentoo.org>: > How about it we add a src_fetch phase, so that the VCS intricacies can be > delegated to ebuilds/eclasses (like they are now, but without having to > abuse src_unpack). If we include a way for src_fetch to communicate changes > in VCS revisions to the package manager, then we'll be able to integrate > functionality like smart-live-rebuild directly into the package manager (as > discussed in bug 182028 [1]).
As a side note from a developer of an app that keeps various loosely coupled modules in one repo — it'd be great if there would be a way to also tell whether the changed revision actually affects the given package. The default, of course, should be to assume that every change in the repo affects a given package, but when it can be proved that package doesn't need to be rebuilt — why bother rebuilding it? Of course, the task of the proof lies on exact ebuild maintainer. -- Georg Rudoy LeechCraft — http://leechcraft.org
