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Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:56:26 +0000 "Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto" |
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> <jmbsvicetto@g.o> wrote: |
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>> it isn't a "mistaken impression". Both Joshua and me think there |
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>> are alternatives and that the choice to put profiles/* under EAPI |
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>> was unfortunate and should be reviewed. |
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> Why were those alternatives never expressed? Why were your |
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> objections not raised at the time, and why have you never explained |
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> what you think is wrong with it or what you think a better option |
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> would be? |
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Because at the time we didn't thought about them, didn't had time to |
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follow the infinite discussions about EAPI, just plain didn't cared |
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about it or some other reason. That's why we would like the council to |
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discuss about alternatives. |
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>> It's also my opinion that what the council approved was the use |
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>> of a EAPI file under each profile to mark the type of atoms that |
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>> can be used in the profile files (slots, etc). |
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> What the council agreed upon is not a matter of opinion. The |
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> council agreed to introduce EAPI control to profiles/. This was in |
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> no way limited to "the types of atoms that can be used", and the |
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> wording and design were very deliberately constructed *not* to |
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> limit the changes to those kinds of things. |
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I'd have to check the exact wording as I never followed EAPI |
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discussions that closely - you have. However, I'm pretty sure that |
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everything I saw leading up to the discussion addressed the concern of |
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using new atom syntaxes in files under profiles (in particular |
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package.mask/package.keywords/package.use files) and I do recall the |
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discussion about profiles/ itself having to be restricted to EAPI-0 |
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which meant that we couldn't use newer syntax (in particular slots) |
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for the global package.mask. I don't recall any discussion regarding |
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other use of EAPI in profiles - at that time. |
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- -- |
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Regards, |
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Jorge Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) - jmbsvicetto at gentoo dot org |
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Gentoo- forums / Userrel / Devrel / SPARC / KDE |
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