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On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> wrote: |
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> This new RESTRICT=live value would be useful in at least a couple of |
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> ways. One is that it could be used to implement a @live-rebuild |
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> package set that's based on RESTRICT instead of INHERITED [1]. It |
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> could also be used to implement a more accurate LIVEVCS.stable check |
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> in repoman, again based on RESTRICT instead of INHERITED [2]. |
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> We already have plans for more advanced live ebuild support, |
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> including live update detection, that will involve an EAPI bump [3]. |
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> However, the RESTRICT=live value is a simple enhancement that we can |
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> add now, without the need for an EAPI bump. Thoughts? |
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For some of us in the peanut gallery it'd also be nice to document the |
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pitfalls of grepping inherited to determine if it's a live ebuild |
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(update-live-ebuilds has done it for years, fairly successfully..). |
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Granted it's not clean, and yes, as a secondary check you may need to |
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check for SVN_REPO_URI or else. This is also acting like people are |
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going to follow this convention, which even in a perfect world means |
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people will tend to forget this or not even know they're supposed to |
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put it. |
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avuton |
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"I've got a fever. And the only prescription is more cowbell." -- |
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Christopher Walken |