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From: Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New eclass proposal: auto-export
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:25:00
Message-Id: 20090423082450.GF7821@hrair
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] New eclass proposal: auto-export by "Petteri Räty"
1 On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 04:35:37PM +0300, Petteri R??ty wrote:
2 > Here's an eclass proposal to wrap EXPORT_FUNCTIONS with auto detection
3 > of functions. This way all eclasses don't have to duplicate the EAPI
4 > detection code. If people find this useful, I will document it properly
5 > with eclass-manpages etc.
6
7 Mind you I follow the "Keep It Simple Stupid", but is this really
8 needed? In other words, how often do people really hit this?
9
10 If it's useful, whatever, but I can see the inverse of the problem
11 you're trying to solve occuring- folks being told to use autoexport,
12 then wondering how to block something from being exported...
13
14 Neutral towards it, just seems a bit much imo.
15 ~harring

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Re: [gentoo-dev] New eclass proposal: auto-export "Petteri Räty" <betelgeuse@g.o>