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From: Justin <jlec@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] About what would be included in EAPI5
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 13:03:57
Message-Id: 4FDC8407.9010806@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] About what would be included in EAPI5 by Pacho Ramos
1 On 16.06.2012 14:26, Pacho Ramos wrote:
2 > El sáb, 16-06-2012 a las 14:12 +0200, Ulrich Mueller escribió:
3 >>>>>>> On Sat, 16 Jun 2012, Pacho Ramos wrote:
4 >>
5 >>> I would like to know if there is some place where things going to be
6 >>> included (or proposed to be included) for eapi5 are listed (if such
7 >>> place exists). Currently, looks like there is no eapi5 tracker :-/
8 >>
9 >> The PMS git repository has an eapi-5 development branch, and some
10 >> parallel discussion took place in the gentoo-pms mailing list.
11 >>
12 >> So far we have:
13 >> ╓────
14 >> ║ EAPI 5 is EAPI 4 with the following changes:
15 >> ║
16 >> ║ • econf adds --disable-silent-rules.
17 >> ║ • Slot operator dependencies.
18 >> ║ • src_test supports parallel tests.
19 >> ║ • USE is calculated differently.
20 >> ║ • IMAGE is gone.
21 >> ║ • REQUIRED_USE now supports ?? groups.
22 >> ║ • apply_user_patches function, with src_prepare changes.
23 >> ║ • EBUILD_PHASE_FUNC.
24 >> ║ • find is guaranteed to be GNU.
25 >> ║ • new* can read from standard input.
26 >> ╙────
27 >>
28 >> Ulrich
29 >>
30 >>
31 >
32 > OK, would you let me to create a tracker bug for eapi5 accepted item?
33 > About suggesting new item (like forcing rebuilding of other packages as
34 > discussed some days ago and crosscompile support suggested by Tommy
35 > today), I guess we need to get them voted by the council?
36 >
37 > Thanks :)
38 >
39
40 At Fosdem Petteri talked about ideas for next EAPI, which brought up
41 some discussions. Perhaps he or someone else who remembers could
42 summarize the ideas.
43
44 justin

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