Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] perl eclass review - EAPI=3 + new helper eclass
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:28:24
Message-Id: 20100416212806.7bc6b307@snowmobile
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] perl eclass review - EAPI=3 + new helper eclass by James Cloos
1 On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:23:48 -0400
2 James Cloos <cloos@×××××××.com> wrote:
3 > OK. Let me rephrase. Portage does not need to validate local
4 > changes.
5
6 Sure it does. If it doesn't, and your local changes affect metadata,
7 horrible things happen.
8
9 > If a user uses a local eclass to override one in portage or in some
10 > remote overlay s/he follows, it is his/er responsibility to update
11 > it when the original undergoes major renovation.
12
13 Users aren't responsible...
14
15 --
16 Ciaran McCreesh

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Re: [gentoo-dev] perl eclass review - EAPI=3 + new helper eclass Steev Klimaszewski <steev@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] perl eclass review - EAPI=3 + new helper eclass James Cloos <cloos@×××××××.com>