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| From: | Thilo Bangert <bangert@g.o> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-dev@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] A new glep: Ebuild format and metadata handling | ||
| Date: | Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:36:37 | ||
| Message-Id: | 200906011235.08025.bangert@gentoo.org | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-dev] A new glep: Ebuild format and metadata handling by Patrick Lauer |
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| 1 | > glep55: See GLEP55. To summarize: The eapi is put into the file name so |
| 2 | > that the package manager knows the EAPI (and thus how to handle this |
| 3 | > file format). While it simplifies the eapi discovery this comes at a |
| 4 | > high price as there is no reliable way to find and validate all ebuilds. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | i must have missed the last point in the previous discussions. could |
| 7 | someone perhaps point me to a post explaining the "high price" part? or |
| 8 | just repeat it here.... |
| 9 | |
| 10 | thanks |
| 11 | kind regards |
| 12 | Thilo |