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From: Richard Yao <ryao@×××××××××××××.edu>
To: "gentoo-dev@l.g.o" <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Deprecate EAPI1?
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:55:03
Message-Id: CABDyM6Ttfabr6KBqsn+9rSPm6ENRPN2nxp4ptWm2sc1jcUWmLQ@mail.gmail.com
1 These must be maintained indefinitely to provide an upgrade path for
2 older Gentoo Linux installations. It is rare, but people do upgrade
3 old installs from time to time. Without some EAPI=1 packages, there is
4 no path for people to use to upgrade.
5
6 On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o> wrote:
7 > After reading previous discussion:
8 > http://help.lockergnome.com/linux/gentoo-dev-Deprecate-EAPIs--ftopict530567.html
9 >
10 > Looks like preventing NEW commits from using eapi1 (via repoman) could
11 > be done without major issues. This could even being done also for eapi2
12 > as it's close enough to eapi3, but I don't have a strong opinion about
13 > eapi2 deprecation (personally, I try to always use latest eapi if eclass
14 > allows me to do so).
15 >
16 > Any thoughts on this?
17 >
18 > Thanks

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Deprecate EAPI1? Francesco Riosa <vivo75@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Deprecate EAPI1? "Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn" <chithanh@g.o>