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On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:41:04 +0100 |
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Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o> wrote: |
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> Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:17:12 +0100 |
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> > Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o> wrote: |
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> >> Putting a tag in the file name or at the to of the file as comment |
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> >> (maybe using a #! line) is the same ... |
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> > Three problems: |
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> > * We have to wait a year before we can use it. |
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> We have to wait till we got a new release and I hope it isn't |
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> 12months. |
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No, you have to wait until it's safe to assume that everyone's using a |
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package manager that supports it. |
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> > * It's a format restriction. Some formats have to start with |
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> > something that's not #!. |
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> if the format doesn't allow anymore the #! comment for then it won't |
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> be an ebuild anymore but an xbuild a ybuild a jbuild or whatever |
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> markup you may propose as alternative to shell like syntax. |
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Mmhmm. And then... Oh, we'd use a new file extension. |
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> > * Ebuilds can't sensibly run in a Unix interpreterish way. |
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> Would you mind articulate a bit? |
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There's no sensible way for ./blah-1.23.ebuild to work. Ebuilds aren't |
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self-hosting, and a package manager isn't an interpreter, so the #! |
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model doesn't work very well. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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