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From: Thomas de Grenier de Latour <degrenier@×××××××××××.fr>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI)
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:15:38
Message-Id: 20071219081224.15bf437f@eusebe
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI) by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On 2007/12/19, Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@×××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2
3 > On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:08:52 +0100
4 > Thomas de Grenier de Latour <degrenier@×××××××××××.fr> wrote:
5 > > There's no need to introduce a potential infinity of new files
6 > > extensions for that. A single one is enough: just call files which
7 > > use the rule i've proposed "foo.gbuild" instead of "foo.ebuild", and
8 > > you're done.
9 >
10 > You're done until someone wants to introduce a change large enough
11 > that it breaks the dodgy pattern matching package managers are doing
12 > to get the EAPI currently.
13
14 You're done as long as ebuilds are written in bash. If there ever is
15 a new xml-based format, or whatever else, then yes, a third extension
16 will be needed. I don't see that as an argument for introducing an
17 infinity of extensions right now though.
18
19 --
20 TGL.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI) Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@×××××××××××××.uk>