Re: [gentoo-project] EAPI bump should require revbump

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Fri, 19 Oct 2012, Ian Stakenvicius wrote:

> Hey all -- there was just a discussion in #gentoo-dev about this, so
> following up here..

> Due to the fact that an EAPI-bump can imply different behaviour from
> eclasses or the PM, an EAPI-bump should in most cases also require an
> ebuild revbump.

> Why i'm bringing this up here, is because Chansaw and I were wondering
> if common sense will not be enough to ensure this and it should be
> made a policy to revbump when migrating to a new EAPI ?

So far the guideline was that a revbump isn't required if the files
installed by the ebuild don't change, or if there are only trivial
changes that don't affect functionality (like files going to
/usr/share/doc).

I don't see why EAPI bumps should be handled differently from other
changes to the ebuild. If the installed files don't change, why would
one impose upon the user to recompile the package?

Ulrich