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From: "René Neumann" <lists@××××××.eu>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] base.eclass
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:00:09
Message-Id: 4FF9F499.4070704@necoro.eu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] base.eclass by "Michał Górny"
1 Am 08.07.2012 22:10, schrieb Michał Górny:
2 > On Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:49:25 +0200
3 > René Neumann <lists@××××××.eu> wrote:
4 >
5 >> Hi all,
6 >>
7 >> I'd like just to receive a short clarification about the 'status' of
8 >> base.eclass: Is this eclass expected to be available everywhere, i.e.
9 >> should each eclass make sure it imports and incorporates it. Or is it
10 >> just an eclass like the others and ebuilds should make sure they
11 >> inherit it if needed?
12 >
13 > No. It is unmaintained, has serious design flaws and it simply should
14 > not be used anywhere. At least in EAPI != [01].
15 >
16
17 Thanks for the clarification. As Mike already mentioned, one should
18 probably change the ebuild description to reflect just that fact.
19 (Because at the moment it just says the complete opposite.)
20
21 - René

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