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On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 07:36:13PM +0100, David Seifert wrote: |
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> On Mon, 2020-03-23 at 13:23 -0500, William Hubbs wrote: |
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> > Hey all, |
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> > it has been brought to my attention that there have been several |
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> > backward-incompatible changes made to the python eclasses lately. |
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> > It is true that everything in ::gentoo has been fixed along with the |
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> > changes to the eclasses; however, when a change like this goes into a |
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> > widely used eclass it breaks overlays with little to no notice; |
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> > especially since we do not require developers to be subscribed to this |
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> > mailing list. |
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> > I do agree that overlay authors are on their own to fix things, but we need to |
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> > find a way to notify them when a breaking change is going into a widely |
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> > used eclass and give them time to adjust their ebuilds. |
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> > If the old way of doing things cannot be supported |
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> > along side the new way the correct path forward is a new version of the |
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> > eclass then a lastrites on the old version. That would give overlay |
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> > authors time to switch to the new eclass. |
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> > If the old and new way can be supported in the same code base, a |
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> > reasonable way forward is to allow both ways to exist while ::gentoo is |
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> > migrated to the new code path then do the equivalent of a lastrites for |
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> > the old code path so overlay authors can adjust their ebuilds. |
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> > Thoughts? |
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> > William |
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> All of this was announced with a 3 month timeout, using the right channels. Have |
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> you checked all python-related eclasses changes submitted to the ML? In this |
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> case, eqawarn would not have been possible, because the change involved |
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> dereferencing a variable. |
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This is the change that broke us today. |
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https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/aa45f4f86f9b865eb0fe7344d83a7258 |
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Where is the three month timeout for it? |
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Thanks, |
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William |