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From: Marius Mauch <genone@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI-2 - Let's get it started
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:32:17
Message-Id: 20080611022139.7d064a00@sheridan.genone.homeip.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI-2 - Let's get it started by "Bo Ørsted Andresen"
1 On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:42:34 +0200
2 Bo Ørsted Andresen <zlin@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > > > Things I believe should be trivial to implement:
5 > > > - Custom output names in SRC_URI, also called arrows (bug #177863)
6 > >
7 > > This I'd definitely delay as it probably affects a number of things.
8 >
9 > Such as?
10
11 Anything that uses SRC_URI.
12
13 > > > - Enable FEATURES=test by default (bug #184812)
14 > >
15 > > Only if >99% of the stable and ~arch tree and all potential "system"
16 > > packages build with it (IOW: no)
17 >
18 > Err.. Maybe this could have been phrased better but then I did expect
19 > you would look at the bug before commenting. The idea is to enable
20 > tests by default in EAPI 2 and beyond and let them stay off by
21 > default in EAPI 0 and 1. This way devs who want to use EAPI 2 will
22 > either have to fix their tests or RESTRICT them. Doing it this way
23 > avoids the issue of having to fix the whole tree all at once. Users
24 > can still choose not to go with the default.
25
26 Which means it's no longer controlled by a single FEATURES flag,
27 FEATURES=test means always on, while FEATURES=-test (or missing) means
28 always off.
29 Means it's not a simple switch anymore, therefore unlikely for 2.2.
30
31 Marius
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