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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: autotools.eclass no longer inherits eutils; check your ebuilds!
Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 13:06:16
Message-Id: 20120524140205.66d5d355@googlemail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: autotools.eclass no longer inherits eutils; check your ebuilds! by Ryan Hill
1 On Thu, 24 May 2012 00:02:37 -0600
2 Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o> wrote:
3 > I don't see how removing an inherit is breaking an eclass' API.
4
5 The way eclasses are defined, the eclasses it inherits are itself part
6 of its API. You can think of it using the lousy OO analogy that gave
7 eclasses their name: the (public) superclasses of a class are part of
8 its API.
9
10 --
11 Ciaran McCreesh

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