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On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 02:36:34PM +1300, Kent Fredric wrote: |
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> On 19 March 2012 14:12, Steven J Long <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> > As for non-bash ebuilds, I have always agreed with antarus that they should |
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> > simply use a different extension. Adding a new extension per source language |
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> > is a *lot* cleaner than one per EAPI. |
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> Ok: If we take this notion and enshrine it in stone: |
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> If we assume Bash 4 is a seperate language from Bash 3, as its |
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> syntax-backwards-incompatible, is it fair to suggest that for some |
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> future EAPI which require Bash 4, that the extension change to suit? |
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> ie: move from .ebuild to .ebuild4 , where '.ebuild' conveys the |
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> format is bash, and that '.ebuild4' is bash4 only? |
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> That way you have a forwards declaration of the syntax/file format |
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> required to parse the file, but no declaration of the EAPI, so you're |
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> not breaking encapsulation. |
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> This is breaking the direct file==eapi connection, but still |
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> maintaining a loose file<->eapi connection. |
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> Its /sort/ of like the "one time extension change" proposal, except |
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> its less 'arbitrary' than something like .eb , and it gives us the |
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> future option of changing the suffix again if bash 5 comes out with |
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> different syntax. |
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> Then we can do |
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> .ebuild = EAPI 0 - 4 & bash >= 3 |
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> .ebuild4 = EAPI5 - 9 & bash >= 4 |
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> .ebuild5 = EAPI10 - 15 & bash >= 5 |
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> Thoughts? |
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This is a bad idea; it arbitrarily bleeds the bash version into the |
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ebuild name, still requires an EAPI mechanism w/in the actual file, |
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and is likely to break tools that have assumptions about extensions |
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(even ones sooner or later written against such a setup). |
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Besides; it's not bash version as much as global scope settings, |
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functions, etc, that are the issue. |
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Syntax is generally minor in comparison. |
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~harring |