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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@×××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI)
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:06:00
Message-Id: 20071218235935.362d924c@blueyonder.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI) by Fabian Groffen
1 On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:38:08 +0100
2 Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o> wrote:
3 > Just to have it spelt out, what you suggest here is that EAPI has a
4 > single value, a word or a number, that refers to a set of "features
5 > and rules", if I understand correctly.
6 >
7 > With this way of using EAPI I fail to see why EAPIs aren't orderable.
8 > Even with the example you gave in the previous mail, it looks like a
9 > perfect succession of EAPIs.
10
11 It doesn't *have* to be a perfect succession. It's entirely possible
12 that there will be, say, two divergent EAPI branches or even that there
13 will be a completely unrelated new EAPI format.
14
15 --
16 Ciaran McCreesh

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