Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Anthony Metcalf <Anthony.Metcalf@×××××××××××.cx>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: EAPI spec (was Re: Re: let's clear things up (was Slacker archs))
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:27:09
Message-Id: 45DDA6E0.60100@anferny.ath.cx
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: EAPI spec (was Re: Re: let's clear things up (was Slacker archs)) by Brian Harring
1 Brian Harring wrote:
2
3 >>>> | Seriously? Without an implementation, your spec of what should happen
4 >>>> | will have loads of errors?
5 >>>>
6 >>>> Yes. It will describe what people think is allowed, rather than what
7 >>>> really is.
8
9 > Don't think so; making the point that if attempting to write the spec
10 > to target what 'people think'... that's rather subjective, and it's
11 > easy for a subgroup of people to get ideas that don't match what
12 > others think.
13 >
14 > Possible I'm being too literal, if so feel free to correct me.
15
16 Ok, try this.
17
18
19 >>>> Yes. [Without an implementation] It [the spec] will describe what
20 people think is allowed, rather than what
21 >>>> really is [allowed].
22
23 That is how I understood Ciaran's comment. Which means you compleatly
24 inverted it.
25
26 Regards

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