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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: dropping redundant stable keywords
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 21:16:58
Message-Id: 20140218211643.360936bc@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: dropping redundant stable keywords by Tom Wijsman
1 On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 22:10:23 +0100
2 Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o> wrote:
3 > As detailed before, -* has a different meaning defined by policy; if
4 > we want to see that changed it should be brought up for a vote,
5 > otherwise its usage in discussions like these seems to suggest to
6 > break an existing policy. So, I read this as "arch" whenever it is
7 > brought up.
8
9 You would have to do this across an EAPI, since it's a change that
10 matters to the package mangler. Right now, if a -* is there, the package
11 mangler shouldn't suggest changing accepted keywords for that package
12 if it's suggesting how to deal with an unsatisfiable resolution.
13
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15 Ciaran McCreesh

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: dropping redundant stable keywords Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o>