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From: Georgi Georgiev <chutz@×××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Per-category and per-package eclasses
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:35:09
Message-Id: 20050425133513.GB100634@lion.gg3.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Per-category and per-package eclasses by Marius Mauch
1 maillog: 25/04/2005-15:27:12(+0300): Marius Mauch types
2 > Dan Meltzer wrote:
3 > >I can see the use for a category one, but I can see no point for a
4 > >package-local one, if you're going to have it specific for one
5 > >package, why not just put it in the ebuild, and have no eclass at all?
6 >
7 > Actually I'd say the opposite: There is definitely a use for
8 > package-local eclasses, however I don't see the point for category-local
9 > eclasses (especially as that would very funny to get it working).
10 > Example for package-local eclasses? Whenever you define a function in an
11 > ebuild that isn't version specific.
12
13 Plus, imagine how much stuff will break when you move a package to a new
14 category.
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