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>>>>> On Sun, 01 Aug 2021, Joshua Kinard wrote: |
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> So it looks like Section 2.3, "Reserved EAPIs" is more relevant here: |
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> 2.3 Reserved EAPIs |
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> EAPIs whose value consists purely of an integer are reserved |
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> for future versions of this specification. |
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> EAPIs whose value starts with the string paludis- are reserved |
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> for experimental use by the Paludis package manager. |
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> That means that, yes, EAPIs can be literal string values (just without |
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> quotes). However, the primary use case, IOW, the official repo, we're |
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> using incrementing numeric integers. |
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No, it only says that unofficial EAPIs cannot be pure integers. |
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The reverse conclusion does not follow. |
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> PMS is supposed to be package-manager agnostic, so carving out a |
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> specific reservation for a specific package manager in Section 2.3 |
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> seems to defeat that purpose. |
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Quoting ciaranm [1]: |
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| > "EAPIs whose value starts with the string paludis- are reserved for |
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| > experimental use by the Paludis package manager." |
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| Don't tell anyone, but that's mostly just in there because some people |
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| insisted that EAPIs were numbers (and thus comparable), so I wanted an |
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| explicit mention of one that wasn't. |
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> If Paludis is still being developed and needs something for |
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> experimental use, then it's up to it to do that on its own. We could |
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> support this by specifying that EAPIs are single-line strings of a |
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> form [A-Za-z0-9\x20_-]+?, thus removing the specific reservation for a |
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> specific package manager and handling the current single-number format |
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> as well as other fancy names. Like maybe EAPI 9 can be "Magnificent |
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> Penguin"? :) |
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PMS specifies what characters are allowed in an EAPI name [2], namely |
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the same as in a slot name: |
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| An EAPI name may contain any of the characters [A-Za-z0-9+_.-]. |
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| It must not begin with a hyphen, a dot or a plus sign. |
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Ulrich |
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[1] https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-pms/message/98cdbfbe67a19c0fea5cc69e8b8ea2fe |
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[2] https://projects.gentoo.org/pms/8/pms.html#x1-240003.1.8 |
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