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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@×××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:04:01
Message-Id: 20071221025701.63b424d6@blueyonder.co.uk
1 On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:44:20 +0100
2 Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o> wrote:
3 > Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
4 > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:14:12 +0100
5 > > Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o> wrote:
6 > >> Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
7 > >>> Ok. What's the EAPI for the following ebuild that's written in an
8 > >>> EAPI that hasn't been published yet? And how would I extract it?
9 > >>>
10 > >>> # Copyright blah blah
11 > >>>
12 > >>> import vim-spell using language="en"
13 > >> If isn't published it doesn't exist in the main tree...
14 > >
15 > > You miss my point. If a package manager encounters the above, how
16 > > does it determine the EAPI?
17 > >
18 >
19 > from :
20 >
21 > - a default set by the repository, if we chose to use that
22 > - a default set by itself
23 > - by not understanding it thus failing in a brutal (hard error) or
24 > gentle (ignore the file, warn) way.
25
26 None of those solve the original problem.
27
28 > I'm looking for alternatives.
29
30 From the filename suffix. Simple!
31
32 --
33 Ciaran McCreesh

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