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Don't add propagated-inputs for all outputs

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From: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>
To: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com>, iyzsong <at> envs.net,
 65550 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: 宋文武 <iyzsong <at> member.fsf.org>
Subject: Re: [bug#65550] [PATCH] profiles: Don't propagate inputs for
 non-development packages.
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2023 09:34:36 +0200

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Hi everyone,

Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I think this patch misses the most obvious use case of the out:lib
> split.  I also think that hardcoding this list is bound to fail.
>
> Instead, we could for the time being solve this with yet another
> package property.
>   '((propagate-inputs-from "lib")) ; but not out
>   '((propagate-inputs-from . ("lib"))) ; same meaning, different style
>   '((propagate-inputs-from "out" "lib")) ; but not doc
> If the property is missing, we still propagate from all outputs, as is
> currently done.
>
> WDYT?

I don't really like the hackiness of this (yet another weird thing for
independent contributors to learn), but I also understand the need.
This one LGTM, but maybe we should think a bit more about simpler
solutions before committing to this.

Best,
-- 
Josselin Poiret

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