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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Allow variable refs in HOMEPAGE
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2017 20:46:51
Message-Id: CAJ0EP40AacKU6kx6wmaxdQo-AVf=m3XDA1CFo6GeMjub-5rTqA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Allow variable refs in HOMEPAGE by Michael Orlitzky
1 On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 3:56 PM, Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o> wrote:
2 > On 08/03/2017 03:39 PM, Mike Gilbert wrote:
3 >>>
4 >>> (The old handbook never mentioned variables, from what I can see.)
5 >>>
6 >>
7 >> The developer handbook was also a "policy" manual of sorts when it existed.
8 >
9 > The developer handbook that I just said didn't mention variables in
10 > HOMEPAGE at all.
11 >
12
13 I really doubt that, but I'm not going to spend time trying to track it down.
14
15 Anyway, it's been in the devmanual for 10 years at this point. I don't
16 feel comfortable just removing it without some kind of developer
17 consensus or support from QA/council.