Re: build profile syntax ideas

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Wookey wrote:
> +++ Guillem Jover [2013-08-16 14:15 +0200]:

>> I've been pondering about the (old) updated proposal, and while I can
>> see Ian's argument and can agree with the problems he presents, I
>> can't really see using a syntax like «pkg [foo] [bar]» as something
>> desirable given the current context.
>
> As josch pointed out, it would actually be  pkg [foo], pkg [bar]

How does this syntax represent an arch-specific, profile-specific
dependency?  pkg [foo], pkg [bar] is two dependencies and would result
in the package being installed too often.

[...]
> We're absolutely fine with the <> syntax, which is already implemented
> (and to be honest I prefer the look of it in practice).

Ok, that makes the question moot. :)

Thanks,
Jonathan