Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@×××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: EAPI definition Was: [gentoo-dev] [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI)
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:31:16
Message-Id: 20071228122810.1bbe2637@blueyonder.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: EAPI definition Was: [gentoo-dev] [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI) by "Santiago M. Mola"
1 On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:25:13 +0100
2 "Santiago M. Mola" <coldwind@g.o> wrote:
3 > On Dec 28, 2007 1:03 PM, Ciaran McCreesh
4 > <ciaran.mccreesh@×××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
5 > > There's no particular reason that new
6 > > version formats can't be introduced in a new EAPI so long as the
7 > > version strings don't appear in ebuilds using older EAPIs or in
8 > > profiles. Ditto for naming rules.
9 >
10 > Errr... so should we use new files in profiles for such new formats?
11 > (for example, p.masking an ebuild with a new version format).
12
13 Possibly. Currently there's simply no way of doing it, nor of using
14 non-EAPI-0 features anywhere in profiles (you can't, for example, use
15 slot deps in package.mask).
16
17 --
18 Ciaran McCreesh

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