Gentoo Archives: gentoo-pms

From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-pms@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-pms] Re: [PATCH] Allocate __* for package manager internals, blacklist it for ebuilds.
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:14:35
Message-Id: 20565.64203.480058.568298@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-pms] Re: [PATCH] Allocate __* for package manager internals, blacklist it for ebuilds. by Brian Harring
1 >>>>> On Sun, 16 Sep 2012, Brian Harring wrote:
2
3 > I'd frankly rather it in both locations. Ebuild devs are more likely
4 > to read the sections I tagged w/ this info, imo.
5
6 I doubt that many ebuild devs will consult the PMS to find out about
7 reserved names.
8
9 The only way to ensure that __* names are not used in ebuilds is to
10 enforce it with repoman. And maybe add a note in the devmanual.
11
12 Ulrich

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