On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:48:27 +0100
Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o> wrote:
> > ...and then we have to do the whole thing again every time something
> > new crops up.
> 
> Please give an example because I fail to see how.

New version suffix rules. New bash versions. New package naming rules.
Partially composable EAPIs. Tree-provided internals. Consistent variable
namespacing. Metadata via function calls.

> > EAPI was supposed to solve this, and profile eapi and
> > GLEP 55 finish the job. Repeatedly going back and saying "oh, we
> > have to wait another year or more again" is unacceptable.
> 
> Had we found a compromise at the beginning of glep55, that extra year
> would be over by now...

And we'd be starting on the next batch of "oh, we need to wait another
year". Had GLEP 55's necessity been accepted a year ago, we'd have a
whole bunch of requested features implemented by now.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh