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From: "Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn" <chithanh@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] versionator.eclass: Add tests for parameter counts
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 08:17:41
Message-Id: 57947994.9030000@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] versionator.eclass: Add tests for parameter counts by "Michał Górny"
1 Michał Górny schrieb:
2 > So, to summarize we shouldn't fix existing code because people did
3 > assume accepting invalid parameters was fine.
4
5 You are changing the API of versionator.eclass, even if it was unintentional API.
6
7 > Then ebuilds will fail just the same
8
9 No. Before, ebuilds would maybe display an upgrading message when they
10 shouldn't, or vice versa. Now the eclass dies on them.
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13 Best regards,
14 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn

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