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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Calling die in a subshell
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:49:07
Message-Id: 51BF763C.60703@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Calling die in a subshell by "vivo75@gmail.com"
1 On 6/17/2013 4:10 PM, vivo75@×××××.com wrote:
2 > On 06/15/13 19:02, Mike Gilbert wrote:
3 >> On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Ciaran McCreesh
4 >> <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote:
5 >>> On Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:56:00 -0400
6 >>> Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote:
7 >>>> If we find that all known implementations of PMS/EAPI 4 have
8 >>>> implemented a certain behavior, making a change to that version of PMS
9 >>>> to properly document the behavior seems reasonable.
10 >>> Part of the point of EAPI stability is that it doesn't just apply to
11 >>> current versions of package manglers.
12 >>>
13 >> So look back at the first versions which implemented EAPI 4 support,
14 >> and see what the behavior was implemented at the point in time.
15 >>
16 > it make sense but it stretch things a lot.
17 >
18 > Is it possible to:
19 > - keep an open bug (tracker) on named eclasses/ebuilds, so we (users and
20 > devs) know that there is a (teoric) fallacy
21 > - approve it for EAPI 6
22 > - move all the eapi/ebuilds to EAPI 6
23 > - close the bugs as WONT-FIX
24 >
25 > In any case it should be easy to port an ebuild from EAPI4 to 6, if
26 > gentoers want to keep things simple it could be more a version 5a than 6
27 >
28 > regards
29
30 What on earth is a "teoric fallacy"?
31
32 I'm fine with waiting for EAPI 6 if necessary.
33
34 I would not find a tracker bug very useful, and have no intention of
35 starting one.

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