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From: Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: Gentoo PMS <gentoo-pms@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: deprecate /usr/share/doc/$PF
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:08:28
Message-Id: 1324249665.2962.2.camel@belkin4
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: deprecate /usr/share/doc/$PF by "Michał Górny"
1 El dom, 18-12-2011 a las 23:02 +0100, Michał Górny escribió:
2 [...]
3 > > Q6: Why can't the dodoc/dohtml path be changed before EAPI-5?
4 > > A6: Because the path where dodoc and dohtml install files is part of
5 > > the PMS. Portage can't just change it on its own. A possible
6 > > workaround for current EAPIs is adding new-style dodoc/dohtml
7 > > analogues to an eclass.
8 >
9 > I think some of devs agree we should be allowed to fix past mistakes
10 > without waiting another 20 years till the tree is migrated to a new
11 > EAPI...
12 >
13
14 Maybe this situation could be improved if there was a policy forcing us
15 to try to use latest EAPI when possible for any package update, that way
16 we would move faster to latest eapi and even deprecate older eapis
17 easily

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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: deprecate /usr/share/doc/$PF "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>