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From: Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: native multilib support in portage for eapi 7
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2015 10:07:33
Message-Id: 20151203110705.08727b04@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: native multilib support in portage for eapi 7 by Mike Frysinger
1 On Wed, 2 Dec 2015 12:43:22 -0500
2 Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > On 01 Dec 2015 11:38, William Hubbs wrote:
5 > > I find the multilib eclasses and their separate multilib phase
6 > > functions to be confusing, so I was wondering if we could discuss
7 > > making multilib support native to portage in eapi 7 so that we can
8 > > use the normal phase functions again?
9 >
10 > we cannot hardcode the actual ABIs in PMS because adding/removing ones
11 > would require an EAPI update which is a terrible idea
12
13 nothing prevents defining the ABIs in profiles
14
15 a line has to be drawn and well thought of; whether it's worth the
16 effort, I doubt it
17
18 however, considering this would make the multilib-portage & multilib
19 eclasses ideas converge and with the recent trends in including the
20 kitchen sink in PMS, it's not something to discard completely