Re: [gentoo-pms] EAPI specification in ebuilds

[David Leverton]

Zac Medico wrote:
> Since the EAPI parsing behavior is optional for older EAPIs, package
> managers can simply trigger a warning when they detect non-conformant
> ebuilds in the wild, and eventually make it fatal after the community
> has had sufficient warning.

Just to be clear, do you mean "if the PM doesn't detect an EAPI 
assignment during parsing but the EAPI is non-0 after generating the 
metadata, warn"? ¹  Or something else?

[1] As opposed to the already-decided "if the PM detects an EAPI line 
during parsing but the EAPI is something else after generating the 
metadata, fail" rule.