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From: Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 1/2] Document policy of not relying on implicit eclass inherits]
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 20:09:43
Message-Id: 20150313210929.603006d6@marga.jer-c2.orkz.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 1/2] Document policy of not relying on implicit eclass inherits] by Jason Zaman
1 > From: Ian Delaney <idella4@g.o>
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3 > This single change will make my commits of last 2 years a violation
4 > of policy, in a retrograde manner ofcourse.
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6 You'll have to fix those ebuilds. The policy was already in place
7 before[1] you were around[2].
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9 > The flaw here is that it is using a black and white and reductionist
10 > approach.
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12 No, the flaw is that you directly use functions from an eclass that you
13 are not inheriting. That you have been doing it for two years doesn't
14 change anything.
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17 jer
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20 [1]
21 http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/95e9f3e489cb84949c4bc5e7399e0ddf
22 [2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=390951

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