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>>>>> On Sat, 28 Sep 2013, heroxbd wrote: |
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> I am revisiting this topic based on previous discussions[1,2,3]. |
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> There seems to be a constant need for toolchain with a new EAPI. The |
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> only block is "how can we upgrade from an ancient system?", "don't |
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> bump or the upgrade path will be break". Let's figure out a solid |
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> upgrade path consciously, with a test farm of ancient systems, and |
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> then bump the EAPI of toolchain. |
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The upgrade path is not at all what is blocking this. In its 20130409 |
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meeting, the council has (unanimously) decided: "EAPIs 0 to 2 are no |
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longer required for the upgrade path of users' systems." |
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The reason why toolchain packages are still at EAPI 0 was explained in |
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this posting: |
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http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.project/2369/focus=2377 |
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AFAICS, changing that is entirely the task of the toolchain team. |
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Ulrich |
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