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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: dilfridge@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 01/12] toolchain.eclass: remove EAPI 5 and 6
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 22:39:41
Message-Id: robbat2-20220201T223618-889976792Z@orbis-terrarum.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 01/12] toolchain.eclass: remove EAPI 5 and 6 by David Seifert
1 At a technical level, it looks fine.
2
3 But I want to clarify interaction for old systems.
4
5 Dilfridge had a proposal to ensure 3/6/12 month old systems could still
6 upgrade, and I'm wondering if this could break those systems.
7
8 There are 3 commits in the last year that finally removed the EAPI 5/6
9 toolchain consumers:
10 486b77ab8d28c5bfd5a4bdfc5f9a5f432ffde563
11 b0a39e54065f7eda2dfc719ec05e270fa7e23e38
12 26f684adecb5b9135f9eba9f1b63c83e3d5e5722
13
14 The latest of those was in September 2021.
15
16 Do we need to wait X months after those removals, to be able to commit
17 this change?
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19 --
20 Robin Hugh Johnson
21 Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation Treasurer
22 E-Mail : robbat2@g.o
23 GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85
24 GnuPG FP : 7D0B3CEB E9B85B1F 825BCECF EE05E6F6 A48F6136

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Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 01/12] toolchain.eclass: remove EAPI 5 and 6 "Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@g.o>