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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: pacho@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: deprecate /usr/share/doc/$PF
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:30:55
Message-Id: 20111219093104.3cdad034@pomiocik.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: deprecate /usr/share/doc/$PF by Pacho Ramos
1 On Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:07:45 +0100
2 Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > El dom, 18-12-2011 a las 23:02 +0100, Michał Górny escribió:
5 > [...]
6 > > > Q6: Why can't the dodoc/dohtml path be changed before EAPI-5?
7 > > > A6: Because the path where dodoc and dohtml install files is part
8 > > > of the PMS. Portage can't just change it on its own. A possible
9 > > > workaround for current EAPIs is adding new-style dodoc/dohtml
10 > > > analogues to an eclass.
11 > >
12 > > I think some of devs agree we should be allowed to fix past mistakes
13 > > without waiting another 20 years till the tree is migrated to a new
14 > > EAPI...
15 > >
16 >
17 > Maybe this situation could be improved if there was a policy forcing
18 > us to try to use latest EAPI when possible for any package update,
19 > that way we would move faster to latest eapi and even deprecate older
20 > eapis easily
21
22 Still unlikely. A bunch of old eclasses will force ebuilds to be EAPI 0
23 or so.
24
25 --
26 Best regards,
27 Michał Górny

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