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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: Forbid using versions in DESCRIPTION
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:19:33
Message-Id: 200707250817.02338.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: Forbid using versions in DESCRIPTION by Luca Barbato
1 On Tuesday 24 July 2007, Luca Barbato wrote:
2 > Marijn Schouten (hkBst) wrote:
3 > > That would make it
4 > > impossible to use ${PV} and more importantly also remove some
5 > > duplication.
6 >
7 > It isn't duplicated, description is per ebuild and could change,
8 > metadata is for the package as whole.
9
10 can you point out a package where this is actually needed let alone used ?
11 none of our utilities expose the DESCRIPTION on a per-ebuild basis, only
12 per-package
13 -mike

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