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Ravi Pinjala wrote: |
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> Instead of changing rules for existing ebuilds, then, why not formalize |
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> some guidelines for non-ebuild-compatible packages in the tree, separate |
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> from EAPIs? Allowing new package formats is the next logical |
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> generalization after considering new and incompatible ebuild formats, |
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> and it would probably be cleaner overall, while giving people the |
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> freedom to experiment with whatever wild ideas they have for packages. |
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Ebuilds work well enough for us. I don't think there's a real need for |
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other formats. |
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Cheers, |
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Ben de Groot |
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Gentoo Linux developer (qt, media, lxde, desktop-misc) |
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Gentoo Linux Release Engineering PR liaison |
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