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From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Rewriting bash-completion.eclass
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:15:34
Message-Id: 20110901141450.GB4266@comet.mayo.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Rewriting bash-completion.eclass by "Tomáš Chvátal"
1 On 15:20 Thu 01 Sep , Tomáš Chvátal wrote:
2 > Dne 1.9.2011 15:15, Michał Górny napsal(a):
3 > > We can either go with a new func and retroactively replace the
4 > > eclass, or retroactively fix all uses and fix the old funcs.
5 >
6 > As even if you fix main tree you can't ensure that you won't mess with
7 > some overlay (silently as it would not be seen by default).
8 >
9 > I would then go proactively and fix the packages inheriting the bashcomp
10 > eclass and when done just mark the eclass as dead.
11
12 Yes, please stop breaking backwards compat without version bumps to a
13 new eclass. It's just as annoying in an eclass as in a shared library.
14
15 --
16 Thanks,
17 Donnie
18
19 Donnie Berkholz
20 Council Member / Sr. Developer
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