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On 09/29/2012 04:19 PM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: |
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> On 29/09/12 09:49 AM, hasufell wrote: |
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>> On 09/29/2012 12:49 PM, Michał Górny wrote: |
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>>> On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 11:20:31 +0100 Markos Chandras |
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>>> <hwoarang@g.o> wrote: |
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>>>> On 09/29/2012 09:53 AM, Micha? Górny wrote: |
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>>>>> Hello, |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> Instead of the floating patches and p-d-ng modifications I |
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>>>>> sent earlier, here are the two complete (so far, well, |
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>>>>> initial :P) eclasses for review. |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> They are designed as 'mostly' drop-in python-distutils-ng |
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>>>>> replacement. |
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>>>>> |
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>>>> Hi, |
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>>>> Are you saying that you are going to remove the |
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>>>> python-distutils-ng eclass in favour of the new eclasses? I |
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>>>> don't quite understand the reasons to be honest. |
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>>> The reason is simple -- I can't fix it without changing the |
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>>> API. Changing the API on a live eclass is confusing, and |
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>>> considering that it is not used by many packages, it's easier |
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>>> to lastrite it. |
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>>> Also, this fixes the name not to have any '-ng' nor '-ds9'. |
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>> What are the reasons to change the API in the first place? There |
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>> has to be a good reason, cause this will involve yet another |
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>> migration of many ebuilds. I don't see any bugreports. |
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>> I fear this will cause more confusion, i.e. some ebuilds using |
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>> the old distutils, some using python-distutils-ng and some using |
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>> distutils-r1 resulting in weird tree behavior. |
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> Given that at present, distutils-r1 and python-distutils-ng have |
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> identical end-results, I think that the introduction of |
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> distutils-r1 to the tree should also involve a sed against all the |
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> existing ebuilds using python-distutils-ng to move them to the new |
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> eclass. Then python-distutils-ng only needs to remain to support |
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> overlays. |
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That still does not explain the reasons why this work was initiated. |
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If there is any way to fix the current eclass, that should be preferred. |
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