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On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:22:22 +0200 |
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Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> > I believe we consider the user patches feature to be finalised, so |
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> > if you want something else, it should be treated as a new feature |
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> > rather than a change. But please don't rehash anything that's |
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> > already been covered. |
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> I simply don't get why the spec obligates package managers to support |
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> user patches while it doesn't provide any explanation how the patches |
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> should be applied |
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The spec does not obligate package managers to support user patches. It |
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obligates ebuilds to support user packages. This was all covered in the |
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original thread. |
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> nor any function to actually apply patches... |
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Moving epatch into EAPI 5 is a separate feature, and one that's |
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probably going to be controversial. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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