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From: Arun Raghavan <ford_prefect@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] The fallacies of GLEP55
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 19:13:08
Message-Id: 1242501178.7309.126.camel@peripatetic.hades
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] The fallacies of GLEP55 by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On Sat, 2009-05-16 at 18:55 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
2 [...]
3 > You have yet to provide an alternative for fixing the arbitrary and
4 > pointless version format restrictions that are currently in place.
5
6 Create an EAPI for the required changes, fast track inclusion to a
7 stable portage.
8
9 If this is not viable, make an unrecognised version string cause the
10 same fallback as an unsupported EAPI => ignore the ebuild. Again, fast
11 track to stable portage, and not so long after, you're done.
12
13 -- Arun

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