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On Sun, 17 Apr 2016 10:37:35 -0400 |
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Ian Stakenvicius <axs@g.o> wrote: |
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> > On Apr 17, 2016, at 10:13 AM, Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote: |
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> > The xorg-2 eclass currently uses the deprecated autotools-utils and |
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> > autotools-multilib eclasses, which are banned in EAPI 6. |
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> > This patchset attempts to remove any trace of autotools-utils from ebuilds |
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> > using xorg-2. |
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> > Note that I am touching stable ebuilds here to avoid forking an "xorg-3" |
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> > eclass. If there is a strong feeling that this is too dangerous, I can alter |
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> > my approach. I have build tested most packages using xorg-2, and only a few |
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> > had issues. |
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> Although I commend you for these efforts, given that this deprecation is also linked to EAPI6, why not instead bump to XORG-3 requiring EAPI6, take advantage of all the simplifications, and this will allow/enforce migration of all the ebuilds as well in turn? |
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> It would be nice for instance to drop the epatch stuffs at the same time, if we could... |
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+1. This is really a good point to look again at what exactly needs to |
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be in the eclass, and clean everything up. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/> |
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