>>>>> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009, Petteri Räty wrote:

> Let's try something new. I would like to get opinions from as many
> people as possible about GLEP 55 and alternatives listed here in order
> to get some idea what the general developer pool thinks.

I've already commented on this in December 2007 [1], and my opinion
hasn't changed.

> 1) Status quo
> 2) EAPI in file extension
> 3) EAPI in locked down place in the ebuild
>   a) <new extension>
>   b) new subdirectory like ebuilds/
>   c) .ebuild in current directory

Acceptable for me would be 1) and 3c).

>   - needs one year wait

Please state more precisely, what events would mark the beginning and
end of this time period?

Ulrich

[1] <http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_81b3eeb61186874caa291b66e728348c.xml>