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From: Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] base.eclass
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:32:25
Message-Id: 1341783073.8828.9.camel@belkin4
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] base.eclass by "René Neumann"
1 El dom, 08-07-2012 a las 22:59 +0200, René Neumann escribió:
2 > Am 08.07.2012 22:10, schrieb Michał Górny:
3 > > On Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:49:25 +0200
4 > > René Neumann <lists@××××××.eu> wrote:
5 > >
6 > >> Hi all,
7 > >>
8 > >> I'd like just to receive a short clarification about the 'status' of
9 > >> base.eclass: Is this eclass expected to be available everywhere, i.e.
10 > >> should each eclass make sure it imports and incorporates it. Or is it
11 > >> just an eclass like the others and ebuilds should make sure they
12 > >> inherit it if needed?
13 > >
14 > > No. It is unmaintained, has serious design flaws and it simply should
15 > > not be used anywhere. At least in EAPI != [01].
16 > >
17 >
18 > Thanks for the clarification. As Mike already mentioned, one should
19 > probably change the ebuild description to reflect just that fact.
20 > (Because at the moment it just says the complete opposite.)
21 >
22 > - René
23 >
24
25 And, if we are supposed to stop using it, it should print some kind of
26 warning to remember developers to drop its usage

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