One missing feature in portage is the lack of package sets. Before we
\n(re)start working on that however I’d like to get some feedback about
\nwhat properties\/features people would expect from portage package set
\nsupport.
\nSome key questions:<\/p>\n
– should they simply act like aliases for multiple packages? E.g.
\nshould `emerge -C sets\/kde` be equivalent to `emerge -C kdepkg1 kdepkg2
\nkdepkg3 …`? Or does the behavior need to be “smarter” in some ways?<\/p>\n
– what kind of atoms should be supported in sets? Simple and versioned
\natoms for sure, but what about complex atoms (use-conditional, any-of,
\nblockers)?<\/p>\n
– should sets be supported everywhere, or only in selected use cases?
\n(everywhere would include depstrings for example)<\/p>\n
– what use cases are there for package sets? Other than the established
\n“system” and “world”, and the planned “all” and “security” sets.<\/p>\n
– how\/where should sets be stored\/distributed?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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