Gentoo Archives: gentoo-pms

From: Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
To: gentoo-pms@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH] Allocate __* for package manager internals, blacklist it for ebuilds.
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:40:07
Message-Id: 5050E507.5000308@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH] Allocate __* for package manager internals, blacklist it for ebuilds. by Brian Harring
1 On 09/10/2012 06:39 PM, Brian Harring wrote:
2 > To varying degrees, existing PMs use names that aren't prefixed in some
3 > fashion indicating it's an internal- the end result being ebuilds/eclasses
4 > that rely on a PM internal (both bad for alternate PMs, and bad should
5 > that internal change).
6 >
7 > Further, the lack of a standardized namespace for the PMs internals means
8 > QA tools must maintain their own lists. As such, allocate __* for the PM
9 > to use for it's internal functionality and variables.
10
11 Looks good to me.
12 --
13 Thanks,
14 Zac