Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: The big eclasses massacre

[Stuart Herbert]

On Sunday 07 November 2004 21:23, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> Well, that wouldn't be a problem if people kept code in eclasses for as
> long as necessary. Avoiding the need to change multiple files more than
> necessary is one of the reasons we have eclasses. Versioned eclasses
> could very easily lead to that kind of horrid mess we already have with
> having to update zillions of profiles whenever something changes.

That's very true.  

If you rev bump a versioned eclass, you need to go and edit all the ebuilds 
which should be using the new eclass version.  Should you then rev dump each 
of those ebuilds?  If you do, you could end up with a lot of work.  But if 
you don't, you're not addressing the 'dll hell' problem at all.

Patrick - rather than rush in with a solution, I think you'd be better off 
starting by getting the problem well defined.  Figure out exactly what 
problem it is that you're trying to solve, and then a solution may follow.

Best regards,
Stu
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