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From: Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC:sys-apps/portage @overlay atoms postfix support
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:20:54
Message-Id: 8b4c83ad0905261020q259c2d31weeda1de771d34857@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC:sys-apps/portage @overlay atoms postfix support by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Ciaran McCreesh
2 <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote:
3 > On Tue, 26 May 2009 10:13:51 +0200 (CEST)
4 > lxnay@××××××××××××.org wrote:
5 >> So, "::" vs "@" apart, is it something that is worth looking and
6 >> implementing in future EAPIs?
7 >
8 > Isn't it just a user issue, not one we want used anywhere where EAPI
9 > rules are in effect?
10 >
11
12 Indeed. Since the consensus is for using it as part of the UI, you
13 don't need to wait for EAPI=4, you (lxnay) can start writing patches
14 for portage (regardless of which operator is used) to recognize such
15 atoms on the command line.
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18 --
19 ~Nirbheek Chauhan