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From: Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFD: EAPI specification in ebuilds
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:58:22
Message-Id: CAATnKFCZshZ-Yo6MTdo6c7m_0BPJ2PVY7kHtLUGGKeA2PMJctg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFD: EAPI specification in ebuilds by Alec Warner
1 On 12 March 2012 15:24, Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> wrote:
2
3 > I will stab the next person who suggests 'xml-like ebuilds.'
4
5 State-fully coded ebuilds, while perhaps not to your liking, for some
6 code-types can be incredibly useful.
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8 For example, 9/10 perl-module ebuilds don't need any code at all in
9 the ebuild itself, it could do most of the work via structured data,
10 with the rest of the work done by an e-class.
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12 However, bash has serious problems when you want to represent hierarchical data.
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15 --
16 Kent
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18 perl -e  "print substr( \"edrgmaM  SPA NOcomil.ic\\@tfrken\", \$_ * 3,
19 3 ) for ( 9,8,0,7,1,6,5,4,3,2 );"