>>>>> On Mon, 7 Sep 2015, Marc Schiffbauer wrote: > I'd like to propose a new kind of DEPEND syntax: <>
> This would mean "Any version but the one specified" and is usefull > when you have a dependency on another package but a single version > of it is not compatible for example. This doesn't look like a feature that would be needed very often. Since "<>cat/foo-1" is equivalent to "|| ( >cat/foo-1 <cat-foo-1 )" I wonder if it's worth the effort. > [...] > What do you think and would is the proper way to suggest this for a > new EAPI? A new bug? On what? It should be filed as a bug (assigned to "Gentoo Hosted Projects" / "PMS/EAPI"). Your proposal looks like a special case of bug 4315, though. Ulrich
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