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On T, 2008-08-26 at 13:40 -0700, Robin H. Johnson wrote: |
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> The primary use-case that has been publicly stated before was for |
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> users |
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> to be able to identify to developers what version of a given ebuild they |
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> were using. |
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> Q: How much have you utilized the primary use case? |
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Never. There has never been a reason to ask this from the user for me. |
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If the ebuild in question has changed without changing name, it has |
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always been obvious if it matters, and if the user has an old version if |
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it does (as then what the bug is about is what was just recently fixed |
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without revbump, typically build fixes). |
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> Q: Are there any other use-cases you have and actively use? |
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No. |
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Mart Raudsepp |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: leio@g.o |
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Weblog: http://planet.gentoo.org/developers/leio |