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From: Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI)
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:33:58
Message-Id: 47692A3B.2010406@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI) by "Fernando J. Pereda"
1 Fernando J. Pereda wrote:
2 > On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 07:45:44PM +0000, Duncan wrote:
3 >> "Fernando J. Pereda" <ferdy@g.o> posted
4 >> 20071218175632.GC4423@××××××.org, excerpted below, on Tue, 18 Dec 2007
5 >> 18:56:32 +0100:
6 >>
7 >>>> And as we have now learned that EAPI strings are not limited to digits
8 >>>> (see ciaranm's message) and may even contain blanks (see grobian's
9 >>>> message), we would have ebuilds with very strange filenames.
10 >>> What's the problem with this?
11 >> 'app-shells/bash-3.2_p17-r1.ebuild-prefix 1' (note the space) anyone?
12 >
13 > I know what filenames with spaces mean, thank you very much.
14 >
15 >> How about when we have a dozen or so EAPIs active, several of which apply
16 >> to a specific ebuild?
17 >>
18 >> 'app-shells/bash-3.2_p17-r1.ebuild-prefix 1 2 foo zork bar baz fa querty
19 >> 3 8 4' (and that example uses no odd chars beyond the EAPI component
20 >> space separator)?
21 >
22 > This is talking about something not covered by this GLEP.... so what is
23 > your point?
24 >
25
26 I think the glep should try to address this concern...
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32 Luca Barbato
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI) "Piotr Jaroszyński" <peper@g.o>