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On 10/31/2011 12:37 AM, Markos Chandras wrote: |
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> On 10/30/2011 10:33 PM, Petteri Räty wrote: |
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>> On 27.10.2011 2.40, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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>>> i can't see any ebuild/eclass using egethome, egetshell, |
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>>> is-login-disabled from portability.eclass. anyone have a reason |
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>>> for keeping these before i punt them ? -mike |
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>> Breaking overlays. Isn't the standing policy still to not break |
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>> backwards compatibility as long as an eclass exists? |
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>> Regards, Petteri |
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> We have no have direct control on overlays. It is up to maintainers to |
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> ensure that their packages work with portage eclasses or they can have |
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> their own eclasses locally. |
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There could be an deprecation warning that the functions are going away |
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to be nice with overlay maintainers but there is no requirement for such |
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thing far as I'm aware. |
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Punt away. |
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- Samuli |