[gentoo-dev] RFC: new QA_NEEDED variable for files installed by pre-built binary packages with broken soname dependencies

2014-11-07 Thread Zac Medico
Hi, In bug 528086 [1] we have a pre-built games package with a soname dependency on libSDL_mixer-1.2.so.0. The maintainer reports that the game works fine without this library, so he doesn't want to add a dependency on sdl-mixer. In order to satisfy this unneeded soname dependency, preserve-libs

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: new QA_NEEDED variable for files installed by pre-built binary packages with broken soname dependencies

2014-11-07 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
On 7 November 2014 13:04, Zac Medico zmed...@gentoo.org wrote: In bug 528086 [1] we have a pre-built games package with a soname dependency on libSDL_mixer-1.2.so.0. The maintainer reports that the game works fine without this library, so he doesn't want to add a dependency on sdl-mixer.

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: new QA_NEEDED variable for files installed by pre-built binary packages with broken soname dependencies

2014-11-07 Thread Zac Medico
On 11/07/2014 11:18 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: On 7 November 2014 13:04, Zac Medico zmed...@gentoo.org wrote: In bug 528086 [1] we have a pre-built games package with a soname dependency on libSDL_mixer-1.2.so.0. The maintainer reports that the game works fine without this library, so he

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: new QA_NEEDED variable for files installed by pre-built binary packages with broken soname dependencies

2014-11-07 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
On 7 November 2014 13:50, Zac Medico zmed...@gentoo.org wrote: Yeah, I figured that we'd get a reaction like this. I just thought I'd start by proposing some sort of compromise, and then let others fight it out. :) Since we got to a positive conclusion on the bug, let's not consider this

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: new QA_NEEDED variable for files installed by pre-built binary packages with broken soname dependencies

2014-11-07 Thread Zac Medico
On 11/07/2014 03:25 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: On 7 November 2014 13:50, Zac Medico zmed...@gentoo.org wrote: Yeah, I figured that we'd get a reaction like this. I just thought I'd start by proposing some sort of compromise, and then let others fight it out. :) Since we got to a positive

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: new QA_NEEDED variable for files installed by pre-built binary packages with broken soname dependencies

2014-11-07 Thread Kent Fredric
On 8 November 2014 13:59, Zac Medico zmed...@gentoo.org wrote: Okay, sure. I'll save it for the day when someone finds a valid reason to install binaries with broken soname deps (not likely). Another candidate for a possible valid reason: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460468

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: new QA_NEEDED variable for files installed by pre-built binary packages with broken soname dependencies

2014-11-07 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
On 8 Nov 2014 01:35, Kent Fredric kentfred...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 November 2014 13:59, Zac Medico zmed...@gentoo.org wrote: Okay, sure. I'll save it for the day when someone finds a valid reason to install binaries with broken soname deps (not likely). Another candidate for a possible