Hi,
On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 2:32 PM, M. J. Everitt <m.j.everitt(a)iee.org> wrote:
> On 18/09/18 19:45, A. Wilcox wrote:
>
> Right now, we have 'lang' to pull in all -lang subpackages, and 'docs'
> to pull in all -doc subpackages.
>
> There have been a few people who have asked for a way to "automatically
> install all -dev packages".
>
> Therefore, I propose we create a 'devs' or 'dev' metapackage similar to
> 'docs' and 'lang' that installs all -dev packages that correspond to
> packages that are installed on the system.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Best,
> --arw
>
>
>
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> Propose a package listing, to get an idea?
>
> I think this is likely to quickly become bloaty, unless there really is a
> good use-case for having every single -dev package installed *at once*. This
> could have resource implications on 'lesser' systems (ie. /not/ Power10
> users and all those devs with 8+ core i7 dev machines....)
>
> MJE
`devs` would be an optional virtual which brings them in using
`install_if` rules. It would not be added by default.
William
Received on Tue Sep 18 2018 - 20:58:00 UTC