On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:02:29 -0600
Joe Peterson <lavajoe@g.o> wrote:
> But almost all software deals with this transparently - no need to
> expose it to the user, and sticking the version in the filename is
> both fragile (renaming the file can alter it) and seems like a hack.

The typical user does not deal with the ebuild files themselves, and
if they are doing so it's because there's a deficiency in the tools
available to them. Any user who *does* deal with ebuild files is doing
something sufficiently advanced that they need to be aware of EAPIs
anyway.

As for fragile... You might as well say that sticking PN and PV in the
file is fragile and a hack...

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh