Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] EAPI 2 Draft

[Petteri Räty]

Alec Warner kirjoitti:
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:39 AM, Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> wrote:
> David Leverton wrote:
>>>> 2008/9/5 Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>:
>>>>> Both approaches are essentially equivalent but it's a little simpler
>>>>> for ebuild writer if they don't have to customize the output file name.
>>>> But is it so much simpler as to justify adding a special
>>>> gitweb-specific hack to the package managers?
> Well, it's not much different from the existing file extension logic
> that's already built into the unpack function. I think what really
> matters is whether or not the majority of people see it as a useful
> extension.
>
>> I think the question isn't 'why is this functionality being made
>> available'; I think to me it is useful piece of code.
>
>> I question its inclusion in the PM though; I would rather see it in
>> eutils or something similar.
>
>> Arguably you could inherit a function from eutils that does SRC_URI
>> transformation for you.
>
>> SRC_URI="foo bar baz;sf=tbz2"
>> src_uri_gitize
>
>> would transform "baz;sf=tbz2" into "baz;sf=tbz2 -> baz.tar.bz2"
>

I think this is better than having it in EAPI2. You could even move 
SRC_URI above inherit and automatically transform the URI.

Regards,
Petteri