On N, 2008-05-08 at 21:09 +0200, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> > e) It has been suggested the support should have been added with new
> > EAPI instead of local build deps (some of which are missing, for
> > instance in the hand-rolled for-no-reason-whatsoever .tar.lzma format
> > net-tools doesn't have a dep in addition to using lzma for no good
> > reason)
> 
> Chill, relax and cool down.

Well, I said how it is. I don't see anything in it that indicates I am
so upset and angry that I need to do these things. I did however loose
hours of work time, but that's life.

> Instead, just ask those who decided to
> follow upstream why and if they have even thought about the issues you
> brought up.

This is what I am doing with this as well, in addition to the bug
reports. But as this is widespread to at least 4-6 system packages, I
brought it up here as well to ensure this is not something I have to
fight against in overlays and time wastes continuously in the future.
Oh and net-tools has not distributed anything in .tar.lzma, so this has
nothing to do with following upstream in any shape or form in this case.

-- 
Mart Raudsepp
Gentoo Developer
Mail: leio@g.o
Weblog: http://planet.gentoo.org/developers/leio