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From: Maciej Mrozowski <reavertm@××××××.fm>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Ideas for a (fast) EAPI=3
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:06:02
Message-Id: 200903130005.55139.reavertm@poczta.fm
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Ideas for a (fast) EAPI=3 by "Tiziano Müller"
1 No idea whether it's "fast" idea, but:
2
3 - USE flags aliases
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5 This could solve problems with USE flag name changes and breaking dependency
6 tree because of it.
7 Placed, let's say in profiles/{use.aliases,use.local.aliases}
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9 example - use.aliases: (no idea whether global aliases are really needed)
10 # <global_use_flag> - <alias1> <alias2> ...
11 xml - libxml2
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13 example - use.local.aliases: (more real-world scenario)
14 # <local_use_flag> - <alias1> <alias2> ...
15 dev-libs/soprano:sesame2 - java
16 media-video/transcode:dvdread - dvd
17
18 --
19 regards
20 MM

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Ideas for a (fast) EAPI=3 Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>