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Am Freitag, 28. Dezember 2012, 20:03:49 schrieben Sie: |
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> > The idea would be *for the transition period*: have an additional |
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> > directory |
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> > base5, which contains eapi=5, the stable mask files and nothing else. |
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> > After the transition period, these files are merged into the main profile |
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> > directory, the base5 directory is removed from inheritance and deleted. |
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> > During the transition period, an old installation using deprecated 10.0 |
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> > profile will "not see the stable mask files", which means the additional |
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> > useflag restrictions are just not enforced. Repoman will check against |
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> > non- |
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> > deprecated profiles, which means it uses the 13.0 path. |
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> Well, I guess it's acceptable. I think it's fine assuming that stable |
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> users don't enable flags relevant to packages not being stable. |
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OK then unless someone brings up valid points against this, let's suggest for |
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the upcoming meeting that Council decides |
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* whether to implement solution a) as discussed in preceeding e-mails |
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* and if yes, how long the waiting time between deprecation of 10.0 and |
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removal of 10.0 shall be. |
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[Alternative name for the eapi-5 directory: eapi5-base instead of base5 ?] |
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Andreas K. Huettel |
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Gentoo Linux developer |
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dilfridge@g.o |
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http://www.akhuettel.de/ |
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