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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Review: aspell-dict-r1.eclass
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 18:03:38
Message-Id: CAJ0EP43H6MiNW3aBnzrfccQEZuPHM=9qRcBtxuRX05ZZfAx-qQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Review: aspell-dict-r1.eclass by William Hubbs
1 On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 10:27 AM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:
2 > Hi David,
3 >
4 > I'm curious, why the revbump?
5 >
6 > If all other eapis are staying in the eclass and the support is
7 > identical, you don't need to create a new eclass, and there is a lot
8 > less work involved in updating the ebuilds that inherit it. :-)
9
10 He's making the eclass die for any EAPI other than 6. This breaks
11 backward compatibility.