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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@×××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI)
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:14:00
Message-Id: 20071222090846.03c13426@blueyonder.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI) by Zhang Le
1 On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:49:10 +0800
2 Zhang Le <r0bertz@g.o> wrote:
3 > Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
4 > >> As long as there is an agreement in any given point of time, it is
5 > >> OK. Such as, put your EAPI definition on the first line of your
6 > >> ebuild, like EAPI="value"
7 > >
8 > > No good for package managers written before the agreement.
9 >
10 > Why not force user to upgrade their PM?
11
12 That's a) exactly what we're trying to avoid with EAPIs, b) no good
13 because there isn't a sane way of forcing a package manager upgrade and
14 c) another one of those "wait a year until we can use anything" things.
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17 Ciaran McCreesh
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