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On 08/30/2012 12:28 PM, Johannes Huber wrote: |
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> Hello gentoo devs, |
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> From last council meeting summary: |
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> [snip] |
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>> Open floor |
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>> ========== |
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>> scarabeus suggested the change "dev should use latest eapi when bumping" |
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>> to "dev must use latest eapi when bumping if not forbidden by eclasses". |
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>> He was asked to bring it up on the mailing lists, to get a better |
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>> definition of when what EAPI should be used. |
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> [/snip] |
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> I raised the issue through scarabeus, as in my opinion there is no reason to |
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> not use latest EAPI. So please discuss. |
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> Greetings, |
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Could you elaborate what the reasons FOR it are (not that I don't know |
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any, but you brought it up) since this will add work for every developer |
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to check a) how the behavior of the new EAPI impacts the current ebuild |
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and b) how the behvaior of inherited eclasses change depending on EAPI. |