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On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:48:27 +0100 |
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Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o> wrote: |
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> > ...and then we have to do the whole thing again every time something |
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> > new crops up. |
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> Please give an example because I fail to see how. |
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New version suffix rules. New bash versions. New package naming rules. |
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Partially composable EAPIs. Tree-provided internals. Consistent variable |
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namespacing. Metadata via function calls. |
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> > EAPI was supposed to solve this, and profile eapi and |
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> > GLEP 55 finish the job. Repeatedly going back and saying "oh, we |
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> > have to wait another year or more again" is unacceptable. |
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> Had we found a compromise at the beginning of glep55, that extra year |
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> would be over by now... |
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And we'd be starting on the next batch of "oh, we need to wait another |
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year". Had GLEP 55's necessity been accepted a year ago, we'd have a |
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whole bunch of requested features implemented by now. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |