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On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 10:05:08PM +0530, Arun Raghavan wrote: |
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> On Sat, 2009-05-16 at 16:49 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> > On Sat, 16 May 2009 17:43:32 +0200 |
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> > Tobias Klausmann <klausman@g.o> wrote: |
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> > > > That doesn't let us do version format changes. |
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> > > |
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> > > Or are we talking about the *ebuild* versions? I see that as |
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> > > different matter. Plus: You could change the version format with |
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> > > the changed extension. I sure do hope there are no plans on |
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> > > making those changes as often as new EAPIs. |
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> > |
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> > Yes, those. The current rules include some pointless arbitrary |
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> > restrictions that are only there for historical reasons and that mean |
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> > people have to mess with convoluted MY_PV things. |
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> So from all the debate that's going on, the current major issue seems to |
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> be being able to support '-scm' as per GLEP-54. What other restrictions |
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> in the version format are you referring to? |
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> |
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> -- Arun |
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For one, there's the restriction that all *-alpha/*-rc has to be |
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represented _rc/_alpha. I plan on doing more research into perhaps |
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lifting this restriction in a future EAPI, but this would of course |
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require glep 55's solution. |
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Thomas Anderson |
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Gentoo Developer |
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