On 8 November 2013 08:55, Rémi Cardona <r...@gentoo.org> wrote: > Le jeudi 07 novembre 2013 à 10:44 +0100, Alexis Ballier a écrit : >> in short: if a package requires version X then the ebuild should require >> version X; it can be forgotten but it's a bug. > > That _is_ our policy.
Since this thread was deemed necessary, apparently it's not. Or at least not clearly stated. > Ebuilds should - at the very least - mirror what > upstream's build script requires. And they do. Strictly spoken, we do not support ebuilds / versions that are not (or no longer) in the tree. If the user chooses to use ebuilds / versions we don't support, they are on their own. That said, we can do it as a courtesy to users, when it is brought to our attention. But it's more of an "enhancement" than a bug, in my opinion. -- Cheers, Ben | yngwin Gentoo developer
