Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI versioning of files in profiles

[Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis]

2010-11-16 00:41:35 Alex Alexander napisał(a):
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 07:40:44PM +0100, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote:
> > Some updates to my suggestion:
> > - Files would optionally end with "-${EAPI}" suffix.
> > - The following files would be affected:
> >     package.mask
> >     package.unmask
> >     package.keywords
> >     package.accept_keywords
> >     package.use
> >     package.provided
> >     use.force
> >     use.mask
> >     use.unsatisfiable
> >     package.use.force
> >     package.use.mask
> >     package.use.unsatisfiable
> >     packages
> >     virtuals
> >
> > (Some of these files aren't documented in PMS.)
> >
> > I would like to suggest that this feature be included in EAPI="4".
> > I have a patch, which implements this feature in Portage.
>
> The council has already decided that a filename suffix is not a
> desirable way to fix issues like this.

GLEP 55 changes established filename extension, while my proposition affects files,
which don't have any common extension.

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Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis