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Paul Varner <fuzzyray@g.o> posted |
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1228770919.17376.10.camel@××××××××××××××××××××××.com, excerpted below, on |
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Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:15:19 -0600: |
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> Overall, I like where this is headed with just a few comments. |
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> 1. I would like to see /usr/lib/gentoolkit/pym go away and the python |
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> modules moved into the python site-packages directory. |
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> 2. I do not want to see any of the long and short option names change. |
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> There are too many scripts out there that I do not want to break. |
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> 3. In reference to above, any changes to how equery is called by the |
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> user needs to still keep the old way of doing things. We can add a |
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> deprecation notice, but it will be a long time before we can actually |
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> remove that support. |
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As someone that has a bunch of his own scripts for such things... |
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As long as there's a documentation of the new and a deprecation notice on |
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the old for awhile (say a year), go ahead and add the new options. Just |
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don't remove the old ones until that after that year of notice and |
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documentation, and preferably be sure you use the glep-42 news feature |
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for notification when you DO drop them. If I've not upgraded my scripts |
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in that time, and don't see or ignore that news item, well, that's my |
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fault. |
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Thanks! =:^) |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |