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On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 09/17/2011 08:47 PM, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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>> On 14:06 Fri 16 Sep , Zac Medico wrote: |
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>>> Bumping the EAPI of the root profiles/eapi file would be a different |
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>>> matter, since it applies to the whole repository. If you want to |
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>>> version bump that repository-level EAPI, then you need to wait until |
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>>> at least 6 months after supporting package managers have been |
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>>> available in stable. |
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>> So in your opinion, it would be fine to bump profiles/eapi to EAPI=4 |
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>> now? |
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> Yes, it's feasible. As a consequence, we may get some complaints from |
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> users who haven't upgraded during the last six months. |
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I don't see any features in EAPI 3 and 4 that are useful for the |
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profiles. However, a bump to EAPI 2 (or at least 1) would be |
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*extremely* beneficial, and cause much less chaos. |
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Speaking with my GNOME hat, it will be *extremely* useful for |
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slot-masking GNOME packages. |
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~Nirbheek Chauhan |
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