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From: hasufell <hasufell@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in games-board/stockfish: stockfish-6.ebuild metadata.xml Manifest ChangeLog
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2015 17:21:04
Message-Id: 54D4F7F0.2020808@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in games-board/stockfish: stockfish-6.ebuild metadata.xml Manifest ChangeLog by Rich Freeman
1 Rich Freeman:
2 > On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 11:59 AM, hasufell <hasufell@g.o> wrote:
3 >> Ben de Groot (yngwin):
4 >>> yngwin 15/02/05 20:09:33
5 >>>
6 >>> Added: stockfish-6.ebuild metadata.xml Manifest ChangeLog
7 >>> Log:
8 >>> Initial commit (bug #318337)
9 >>>
10 >>
11 >>>
12 >>> EAPI=5
13 >>> inherit toolchain-funcs
14 >>>
15 >>
16 >> This breaks consistency. Now users cannot rely on games.eclass anymore.
17 >> We should either abandon it completely or follow it consistently.
18 >
19 > Per the Council decision, this is strictly up to the maintainer's discretion.
20 >
21
22 I am aware of that and I think it was a wrong decision, so I encourage
23 people to do the opposite: not break consistency, unless there is a GOOD
24 reason.

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