Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: "William L. Thomson Jr." <wlt-ml@××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Changing PMS to Portage Manager Specification
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 22:39:43
Message-Id: assp.0399575e95.20170814183926.663dd942@o-sinc.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Changing PMS to Portage Manager Specification by Rich Freeman
1 On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 15:20:26 -0700
2 Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 5:26 PM, William L. Thomson Jr.
5 > <wlt-ml@××××××.com> wrote:
6 > >
7 > > Portage supports sets, but the PMS has no mention. Then there is
8 > > debate on what they are. Creating so much noise it drowns the bug
9 > > request and makes it invalid. Despite the need still existing, and
10 > > PMS lacking anything on sets.
11 > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=624300
12 > >
13 > > Just the needs I have with portage are stalled, marked as invalid.
14 > > No discussion for inclusion in PMS. Like documenting sets.
15 >
16 > Ah, well, that's the main mystery of this thread solved. Thanks.
17
18 That is the tip of the iceberg, not the main problem itself. I have
19 never been a fan of EAPI, or the resulting PMS, etc. Having been around
20 before such existed, I do not believe it has helped Gentoo and in fact
21 maybe the opposite. Why EAPI 0 stuff is in tree, or very old EAPIs.
22
23 Now becoming more real issues rather than just a dislike of EAPI.
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26 William L. Thomson Jr.

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