On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Michael Orlitzky <m...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On 09/27/2015 03:34 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >> Now it all makes sense, as a bonus I now see why why so many senior devs >> are so pedantic about revbumps (they have reason). >> >> Now that I know what the symptom will be, are bug reports useful? >> > > I don't think most developers are aware of the problem, so if you point > out that the lack of a revbump causes pain, many will be glad to know > and adjust their behavior. > > Or, you might just get yelled at. It's one of /those/ issues.
While working out the right way to handle dep changes in eclasses might take a little longer, I suspect that we'll have a policy for revbumping on dep changes in ebuilds and perhaps virtuals fairly soon. There really wasn't much loud objection when the proposal came up again last week - not nearly as much as the last time this came up. With the increasing issues with subslots I think devs are appreciating that the current state isn't really great. -- Rich
