Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: ban cmake-utils_use_* in EAPI 6

[Michał Górny]

On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 07:23:55 -0800
Brian Dolbec <dolsen@g.o> wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 12:02:15 +0100
> Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 21:53:17 +1100
> > Michael Palimaka <kensington@g.o> wrote:
> >
> > > What do you think?
> >
> >
> > +1
> >
> > even if I sometimes use those cmake-utils_use*, they tend to confuse
> > me and find -DABCD=$(usex ...) much easier to understand for the
> > occasional user of cmake-utils.eclass.
> >
>
>
> Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I thought EAPI 6 specifications were
> finalized.
>
> Doesn't that mean this will have to wait for EAPI 7?

It's eclass API, so it's free to change anytime. Using a new EAPI to
change eclass API has the benefit that you can ban new uses of
deprecated functions without breaking existing ebuilds.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny
<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/>