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From: Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:05:23
Message-Id: 4534B81F.9070407@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags by Simon Stelling
1 Simon Stelling wrote:
2 > Paul de Vrieze wrote:
3 >> I would go for the EAPI bump. Even then I think it would be smart to
4 >> wait a short while for packages to use this as we ensure that the
5 >> supporting portage version is stable.
6 >
7 > Err, EAPI was designed to assure that a supporting version is actually
8 > used, no need to wait then.
9 >
10 The waiting time is for a sanity check on the portage that as the new
11 EAPI. One doesn't want to force users to use a portage with bugs and
12 issues just to use newer packages.
13
14 Paul
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