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Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote: |
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> Andreas K. Huettel wrote: |
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> > in its last session the Gentoo council decided that 30 days from now the |
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> > entire profile tree will be updated to require EAPI=5 support. |
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.. |
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> > If you are running an installation that has not been updated for more than a |
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> > year, you have to update your portage version to current stable now, and |
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> > afterwards switch to a non-deprecated profile. |
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> |
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> I am 100% behind this idea and the council's decision, HOWEVER, I feel |
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> the most responsible way to transition would be to include a nice |
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> compressed "just before switch" portage snapshot. A news item could be |
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> drafted, that is shown to all users of portage versions which do not |
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> support eapi5 which directs them to the snapshot which they may need to |
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> use to successfully upgrade their systems. |
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> |
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> I see exactly zero downside to doing this, so if whoever is going to |
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> actually do the editing of the profiles would like to work with me (to |
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> give me warning), I think I can manage the rest. |
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Excellent idea, and I'd just like to say "thanks muchly" on behalf of |
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some of those future users (i see a few of them from time to time, using |
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update, and this will make it much easier to support them, so on my |
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own behalf too.) |
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Regards, |
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steveL |
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