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On 11/28/2010 02:15 PM, Markos Chandras wrote: |
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> On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 08:32:16PM +0100, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: |
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>> I would like to introduce incompatible improvements in syntax of PYTHON_DEPEND variable in |
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>> EAPI>=4. The new syntax will depend on whether given package supports installation for |
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>> multiple Python ABIs. The extended functionality will replace PYTHON_USE_WITH* variables. |
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> Your changes are far too complicated to me. Python eclass and |
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> consequently writing python ebuilds is a difficult task already. |
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> If you keep adding more and more "magic" in this eclass, |
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> you will end up supporting and fixing all the python ebuilds by |
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> yourself. Maybe you should consider splitting python eclass |
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> into two separate modules. One for core functionality and |
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> another one which will inherit this core eclass and export |
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> a simple API so the rest of us can use python eclass without |
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> having to study all the documentation for a month. |
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Ditto, I've already stopped caring about python ebuilds in Gentoo Linux. |
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-Jeremy |
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