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From: Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [PATCH] sys-devel/autoconf: Convert from eblits into an eclass, #586424
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 13:37:18
Message-Id: 20170323143659.3c882568@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [PATCH] sys-devel/autoconf: Convert from eblits into an eclass, #586424 by "Andreas K. Huettel"
1 On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 11:55:42 +0100
2 "Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > Am Donnerstag, 23. März 2017, 10:51:01 CET schrieb Alexis Ballier:
5 > > On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 10:41:39 +0100
6 > >
7 > > "Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@g.o> wrote:
8 > > > Am Dienstag, 21. März 2017, 11:24:39 CET schrieb Andreas K.
9 > > > Huettel:
10 > > > > So what's so special about your packages that you *need* a hack
11 > > > > as ugly as eblits?
12 > > >
13 > > > No response. Seems like there are no real arguments for eblits.
14 > >
15 > > I guess the argument is not for or against eblit but rather about
16 > > "when you want to change something you don't maintain, you have to
17 > > justify it properly"
18 >
19 > No, the argument is about "we want to clean up the tree from abusive
20 > hacks".
21
22 This is yours. Mike's answer is merely asking for proper justification
23 and doesn't seem to have had an answer yet.

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