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From: "Harald van Dijk" <truedfx@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Minor changes in python.eclass and distutils.eclass
Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:38:50
Message-Id: 20100705173856.GA14008@boostbox
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Minor changes in python.eclass and distutils.eclass by Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
1 On Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 07:01:27PM +0200, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote:
2 > 2010-07-05 18:36:09 Tomáš Chvátal napisał(a):
3 > > Dne 5.7.2010 18:34, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis napsal(a):
4 > > > python.eclass uses colors for build time outputting, which doesn't communicate anything for users.
5 > > >
6 > > + echo " ${_RED}*${_NORMAL} ${_RED}Deprecation Warning: NEED_PYTHON
7 > > variable is deprecated and will be banned on 2010-10-01.${_NORMAL}"
8 > > + echo " ${_RED}*${_NORMAL} ${_RED}Use PYTHON_DEPEND variable instead of
9 > > NEED_PYTHON variable.${_NORMAL}"
10 > > + echo " ${_RED}*${_NORMAL} ${_RED}The ebuild needs to be fixed. Please
11 > > report a bug, if it has not been already reported.${_NORMAL}"
12 > >
13 > > The above is build outputting since when?
14 >
15 > The colored, non-logged output in deprecation warnings is used as exception to increase
16 > the chance that ebuild maintainers will be notified earlier about the necessity of changes
17 > in given ebuilds.
18
19 einfo/ewarn/eerror output is repeated by default when emerge exits. By
20 not using einfo/ewarn/eerror, you are making it less likely that others
21 will be reading your deprecation notices.

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