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From: hasufell <hasufell@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Initial python-r1.eclass & distutils-r1.eclass
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 15:49:32
Message-Id: 5067182E.4070709@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Initial python-r1.eclass & distutils-r1.eclass by Ian Stakenvicius
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4 On 09/29/2012 05:37 PM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote:
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6 > There isn't so much a problem with the current python-distutils-ng
7 > eclass but rather it's to expand it to a more comprehensive
8 > replacement for both distutils and python eclasses. In order to
9 > do that efficiently, most of the core functionality should be moved
10 > so that the new distutils is more like a wrapper to the new
11 > python.
12 >
13 > This could certainly be done by patching the existing eclass, but
14 > mgorny wants to use new eclass names instead of keeping the
15 > current one. Hence the rename. I think that's about it..
16 >
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18 To be a bit more precise:
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20 if we really want to replace python.eclass we should start the new
21 eclass by gathering a list of features the python herd and developers
22 want. I think there already is something like that, no?
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24 I don't see a point in adding a draft-eclass to the tree.
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