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On 10/02/2014 18:05, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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>> Removing support for it from a package manager should of course |
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>> > happen much later (well after it is banned). |
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> The package manager must be able to uninstall old packages, which |
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> essentially means that support for old EAPIs cannot be removed. |
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I feel this aspect needs to be limited, no user can reasonably expect |
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Gentoo devs to retain support in the package manager for obsolete |
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features indefinitely. We also shouldn't be too hasty in removing the |
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support, but there has to be a cut-off point somewhere, a point of no |
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return. It's probably measured in years, my thumb suck guess is 3 years |
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after a given EAPI is finally obsoleted. |
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As a real example - I know someone who proudly shows off a Gentoo host |
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with a 2004 profile. Can he reasonably expect portage to still work |
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flawlessly 10 years later? I feel no, luckily he agrees with me. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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