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From: "Bo Ørsted Andresen" <bo.andresen@××××.dk>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:44:03
Message-Id: 200712211640.34448.bo.andresen@zlin.dk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI) by Joe Peterson
1 On Thursday 20 December 2007 22:33:25 Joe Peterson wrote:
2 > Technical reasons to avoid the filename are:
3 >
4 > 2) Having the same info in more than one place is bad (requiring extra
5 > repoman checks and the potential for ambiguity).
6
7 As opposed to adding checks to make sure that obtaining the EAPI from the
8 contents of the file doesn't require bash?
9
10 > 3) It uses the extension in a way that goes against common use in computers.
11
12 What? It uses the extension to determine the format of the contents?
13
14 --
15 Bo Andresen

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Re: [gentoo-dev] [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI) Joe Peterson <lavajoe@g.o>