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From: Andrew D Kirch <trelane@×××××××.net>
To: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
Cc: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>, Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o>, gentoo-pms@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-pms] tree-layout.tex small cleanup
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:31:27
Message-Id: 4AB55BBA.9070908@trelane.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-pms] tree-layout.tex small cleanup by Ciaran McCreesh
1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
2 > On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:03:34 +0200
3 > Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote:
4 >
5 >>>>>>> On Sat, 19 Sep 2009, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
6 >>>>>>>
7 >>> If that 900 line diff is 'drop kdebuild', I suggest you don't
8 >>> bother.
9 >>>
10 >> Actually, I think that this would be a good idea. kdebuild was never
11 >> used in the main tree
12 >>
13 >
14 > But it was an official Gentoo project, and it was used in a repository
15 > run by the Gentoo KDE team. Remember that EAPI support is needed to be
16 > able to uninstall a package that was installed with a particular EAPI,
17 > so EAPIs can't be removed even when they're no longer in use.
18 I can't agree here. While no process exists to remove deprecated EAPI
19 functionality, this sort of thing should be noted in the NEXT EAPI
20 RELEASED and via that method eliminated. This is a specifications
21 document, not a history lesson covering past mistakes.
22
23 Andrew

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Re: [gentoo-pms] tree-layout.tex small cleanup Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>