Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI usage
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2012 13:47:58
Message-Id: CAGfcS_=cuYS8ekG+_mv6H5gzJ=vtV+Nd8V7gUvR4kirgBei2cA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI usage by "Andreas K. Huettel"
1 On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Andreas K. Huettel <dilfridge@g.o> wrote:
2 > What I dont actually understand at all is why bumping the EAPI should be so
3 > complicated or involved that it even deserves so much resistance...
4
5 <rant>Ok, it REALLY annoys me when people pull out this kind of a line
6 in an argument... If it isn't all that complicated or involved and it
7 just makes so much sense, then why do we bother to waste time asking
8 for it to be made policy, since obviously everybody will just do it
9 anyway...
10
11 Believe it or not, people who take up an opposing side in a debate
12 don't ALWAYS do it because they're simply dumber than you. That is,
13 unless they're arguing with me... :) </rant>
14
15 >
16 > As an additional bonus this keeps your memory fresh about all the great new
17 > features...
18
19 Yes, but keeping around all those old EAPIs keeps your memory fresh
20 about how those ones work. As an additional bonus, you don't have to
21 bother to figure out how the new ones work unless you actually need a
22 feature offered by them. :)
23
24 Rich

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Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI usage Michael Orlitzky <michael@××××××××.com>