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On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:49:02 -0500 |
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Richard Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> > and it doesn't let you change name or version rules. |
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> Neither does putting the EAPI in the filename as far as I can tell. |
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Name or versioning rules are things like allowing new suffixes or |
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altering the restrictions upon formatting. |
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Currently, package managers assume that they can handle anything named |
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pkg-$anything.ebuild, and $anything has to be a valid version spec by |
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the current rules. |
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Version rules have changed at least twice in the past, and it's been |
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messy every time. 55 allows version changes to be done safely (although |
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not carelessly...). |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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