Re: [gentoo-project] Council meeting: Tuesday 14 August 2012, 19:00 UTC

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Sun, 12 Aug 2012, Ulrich Mueller wrote:

> The list of candidates for EAPI 5 is included below.

Here is an updated list, based on the replies to my original message.

First, features where a preliminary wording of the spec is already
available, and that don't seem to be controversial:

* Slot operator dependencies
  http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/pms.git;a=commit;h=f9f7729c047300e1924ad768a49c660e12c2f906
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=229521

* Profile IUSE injection
  http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/pms.git;a=commit;h=d9040ab3482af5f790368bac5d053bf1cd760ba8
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=176467

* Remove IMAGE variable
  http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/pms.git;a=commit;h=489a60deede1a0d78edb545e97b0e17addaa6ab4
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=373377

* At-most-one-of operator for REQUIRED_USE
  http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/pms.git;a=commit;h=1c2dff2df2305aff88a734e3a2716de1bb69f3b6
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=354219

* EBUILD_PHASE_FUNC variable
  http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/pms.git;a=commit;h=76ddca560da42fd968c53a2a0c38a6ac840a7ad4
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=390765

* Mandate GNU find
  http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/pms.git;a=commit;h=472690942e14f63f1b1f3a5681976a59539ea3f8
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=384157

* new* commands can read from standard input
  http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/pms.git;a=commit;h=4939df8586c7b17b03d8627a8371c988f4445a26
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=263565

* Parsing of the EAPI assignment is mandatory
  http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/pms.git;a=commit;h=91d1e1e39b034bde7e5b981a5616a127135f37fa

* src_test support for parallel tests
  http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/pms.git;a=commit;h=3ec4b3c22582a8ec206bce1e93bab377d7b264b5
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363005

* Stable use forcing and masking
  http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/pms.git;a=commit;h=2921080e5b4f67ae55d2f80f8fea2b8d47ced831


Second, features where a spec hasn't been written yet, but which look
easy:

* doheader helper function
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21310

* usex helper function
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=382963

* has_version and best_version argument for ROOT
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=401239


Third, things where I think that some additional discussion is needed:

* econf --disable-silent-rules
  - Doesn't seem controversial for EAPI 5.
  - It has been suggested that this is applied retroactively, either
    for EAPI 4 only, or for all EAPIs.
  http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/pms.git;a=commit;h=b7750e67b4772c1064543defb7df6a556f09807b
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=379497

* Extend SLOT operator dependencies to support sub-slots
  - As suggested by zmedico.
  http://blogs.gentoo.org/zmedico/2012/06/23/automatic-rebuilds-with-experimental-eapi-4-slot-abi/
  http://dev.gentoo.org/~zmedico/portage/doc/portage.html#package-ebuild-eapi-4-slot-abi
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424429

* User patches
  - Current wording of the spec requires that every ebuild includes a
    call to the apply_user_patches function in src_prepare.
    A alternative would be to apply user patches after src_prepare as
    a default, if the ebuild doesn't call the respective function.
  - The spec doesn't provide any kind of epatch function, so we will
    end up having two copies of epatch, one for user patches, and the
    other (from eclass) for ebuilds.
  - Are we happy with the name apply_user_patches?
    (epatch_user? euserpatch?)
  http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/pms.git;a=commit;h=a8bf7862967cce36b7f1b408934a774126da2538<

* License groups in ebuilds
  - A simpler solution would be create separate license files like
    GPL-2+ for the few cases where this is needed. This would have the
    advantage that it could be applied to all EAPIs.
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=287192

* EJOBS variable
  - Discussion was almost 4 years ago. Is there (still) consensus?
  http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_750e33f68b16d971dff1f40dd9145e56.xml

* Source eclasses only once
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=422533
  http://marc.info/?l=gentoo-dev&m=134493783816587&w=2

* Extended default list of extensions in dohtml
  - Objections against inclusion of non-standard extensions like .ico
    have been raised.
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423245

* REPOSITORY variable
  - Controversial, see bug.
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=414813

* Repository dependencies
  - Controversial, see bug.
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=414815


Finally, not sure if the following are candidates for EAPI 5:

* Cross-compile support
  http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-project/msg_b1e2b88bbeb667a3fa834c99a1981fbe.xml

* package.mask, use.force, use.mask, package.use, package.use.force
  and package.use.mask directories
  - Need profiles EAPI bump
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=282296

* make.defaults, use.force, use.mask, package.use, package.use.force
  and package.use.mask in ${repository_path}/profiles
  - Need profiles EAPI bump
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=414817


Ulrich