Re: binary pkg "variants" ? [was: Re: Package split or package options?]

[Anthony Mallet <tho%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Sunday, at 09:18, Alistair Crooks wrote:
| Personally, I have my doubts about this - I really have problems with
| its scalability, and think, while it might work for one, or even two
| options, it doesn't scale up beyond that.

In which context do you think this wouldn't scale properly?

From my experience, packages seldom need complex dependency requirements
regarding options, but I may be missing something.

| I'd prefer to see more discussion before anything gets committed.

The first two patches are unrelated to options and are just code
refactoring. Maybe I can just commit these for now?

http://www.netbsd.org/~tho/0001-pkgtools-pkg_install-Factorize-code-adding-a-version.patch
http://www.netbsd.org/~tho/0002-pkgtools-pkg_install-Do-not-reinvent-pkg_match-for-m.patch