Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From:	Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@×××××××××××××.uk>
To:	gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI placement
Date:	Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:24:00
Message-Id:	`20071212122100.1e11a426@blueyonder.co.uk`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-dev] EAPI placement by Doug Klima

1	On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:59:28 -0500
2	Doug Klima <cardoe@g.o> wrote:
3	> discuss.
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5	* EAPI may only be set before the 'inherit' in an ebuild.
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7	* Eclasses may not set EAPI.
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9	* Eclasses may not assume a particular EAPI.
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11	* If an eclass needs to work with multiple EAPIs, EAPI-specific code
12	should be split out into foo-eapiBLAH.eclass, and EAPI-agnostic code
13	and a conditional inherit should remain in foo.eclass.
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15	* Eclasses cannot be made not to work with any given EAPI. If such
16	functionality is desirable, someone needs to file an EAPI request for
17	permitting an alternative to 'die' that is legal in global scope.
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19	--
20	Ciaran McCreesh

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