[gentoo-dev] Re: don't rely on dynamic deps

[Martin Vaeth]

Ian Stakenvicius <axs@g.o> wrote:
>
> The only need for EAPI change that I can see is to allow non-integer
> revision values

A change of the version/-revision format certainly requires
an EAPI change; one must also define rules how to compare
these versions, etc. (despite it is obvious, here).

Please be aware that on the corresponding bug there is
already the request to keep minor revisions for sub-distributions
of gentoo; so maybe instead of minor revisions one should
think about anpther suffix (besides -r...) or another format:
This would simulateneously avoid the problem of $PF
discussed earlier - by definition, this additional suffix
would not appear in $PF.