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On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:02:29 -0600 |
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Joe Peterson <lavajoe@g.o> wrote: |
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> But almost all software deals with this transparently - no need to |
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> expose it to the user, and sticking the version in the filename is |
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> both fragile (renaming the file can alter it) and seems like a hack. |
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The typical user does not deal with the ebuild files themselves, and |
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if they are doing so it's because there's a deficiency in the tools |
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available to them. Any user who *does* deal with ebuild files is doing |
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something sufficiently advanced that they need to be aware of EAPIs |
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anyway. |
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As for fragile... You might as well say that sticking PN and PV in the |
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file is fragile and a hack... |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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