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>>>>> On Thu, 3 Aug 2017, Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> I would like to remove the ban on variable references in the |
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> HOMEPAGE variable in ebuilds. |
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I think this is not a good idea. For example, it would break |
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browse-url-at-point (C-u u .) from within Emacs. |
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> Allowing variables in HOMEPAGE would allow for easier copying of |
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> similar/identical ebuilds. For example, see the trivial ebuilds in |
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> my overlay below. |
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Ebuilds are read more often than they are written. IMHO there is no |
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benefit in optimising the latter at the expense of the former. |
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Ulrich |