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On Thursday 22 February 2007, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:04:37 +0000 Steve Long |
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> <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> | > I'm saying that until there is an independent implementation, the |
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> | > specification is worthless and will contain huge numbers of errors. |
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> | Seriously? Without an implementation, your spec of what should happen |
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> | will have loads of errors? |
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> Yes. It will describe what people think is allowed, rather than what |
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> really is. Perfect example -- we'd never have caught the multiple |
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> sourcing issue without an independent implementation. |
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I'm sorry, but this was already a known issue over 3 years ago. And yes, the |
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way portage handles ebuilds does not necessarilly win any beauty contest. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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