Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: James Cloos <cloos@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New, shiny EAPI=5 profiles: volunteer, procedure, preparations
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:08:24
Message-Id: m3k3qfesc7.fsf@carbon.jhcloos.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] New, shiny EAPI=5 profiles: volunteer, procedure, preparations by "Andreas K. Huettel"
1 >>>>> "AKH" == Andreas K Huettel <dilfridge@g.o> writes:
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3 AKH> To be honest I did not really see the necessity since the "big red
4 AKH> warning" exactly tells you what to do (and even which profile to
5 AKH> pick, which would be more complicated in a news item).
6
7 But it doesn't tell one why the change was made, what differences to
8 expect once it is done.
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10 What does:
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12 diff -uNr profiles/default/linux/amd64/10.0/eapi profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/eapi
13 --- profiles/default/linux/amd64/10.0/eapi 2009-08-17 14:54:00.000000000 -0400
14 +++ profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/eapi 2013-01-20 06:31:02.000000000 -0500
15 @@ -1 +1 @@
16 -2
17 +5
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19 actually *do* to one's system?
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21 A useful news item would have explained what was changing, why it was
22 done, and what to expect once one makes the change.
23
24 -JimC
25 --
26 James Cloos <cloos@×××××××.com> OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6

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