Roy Bamford wrote:
> GLEP 55 still confuses the problem and the solution.
> Adding metadata to the filename is not required and is bad system 
> design practice. Its also the first step on the slippery slope to 
> adding more metadata in the future.

++

> Changing the .ebuild extension, to blind existing PMs to new format 
> ebuilds, is probably a good thing as it means we can have both 
> formats in the tree at the same time and not wait a long time (year 
> plus) for users to be on a new package manager.

Also, ++

> This allows the EAPI to be included within the ebuild where it belongs.
> 
> That means the EAPI needs to be extracted before the ebuild is sourced, 
> which from the figures bandied about on the list may take marginaly 
> longer but its a price worth paying for a sound system design.
> Gentoo should not repeat the VHS vs Betamax war. For those who do not 
> remember, VHS was the better marketed but inferior technical solution 
> that won the standards war for domestic Video recorders. 

:)  Yep.  And bad design decisions can haunt is for a long time.  My
preference is the one-time .ebuild->.eb change, and putting the EAPI on
the first line, like a #!shebang.  Very easy to extract, and good design.

						-Joe