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>>>>> On Mon, 26 May 2014, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> The next Gentoo Council meeting will be on 10 Jun 2014, at 19:00 UTC. |
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> Please reply to this email with any proposed agenda items. |
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I would like the council to approve a preliminary list of features |
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for EAPI 6, so that the PMS team then can start to work on the |
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specification. |
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Of course, the finished PMS spec for EAPI 6 will be brought before the |
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council again, for final approval. |
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Here is the list of candidate features, taken from the Wiki page [1]: |
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1. New features |
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a) get_libdir() |
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Bug #463586 [2] |
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- Used in econf, but so far not available as separate PM function. |
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b) einstalldocs() |
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Bug #459692 [3] |
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c) Query function for IUSE_EFFECTIVE |
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Bug #449862 [4] |
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d) PATCHES support in default src_prepare() |
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Bug #463692 [5] |
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- Needs 4a) |
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2. Extensions to existing features: |
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a) nonfatal die() |
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Bug #451938 [6] |
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b) Allow empty DOCS variable |
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Bug #463736 [7] |
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c) Directory support for DOCS |
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Bug #481980 [8] |
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d) Unpack .txz |
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Bug #458102 [9] |
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e) Case-fold extensions in unpack() |
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Bug #476730 [10] |
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f) unpack() accept absolute paths |
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Bug #483244 [11] |
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3. Other changes |
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a) Bash 4.2 |
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Bug #431340 [12] |
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b) failglob in global scope |
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Bug #463822 [13] |
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4. Features rejected from EAPI 5 |
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a) Patch applying function in package manager |
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Bug #463768 [14] |
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- Needed for 2d) and 4b) |
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- This will duplicate epatch() from eutils, in simplified form. |
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- Name "eapply" has been suggested. |
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b) User patches |
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Bug #475288 [15], PMS wording [16] |
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- Needs 4a) |
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- Current wording of the spec requires that every ebuild must |
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include a call to the function in src_prepare, which is |
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controversial. |
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- Names "apply_user_patches" or "eapply_user" have been suggested. |
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c) EJOBS variable |
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Bug #273101 [17], gentoo-dev discussion [18] |
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- Discussion was in 2008. Is there (still) consensus? |
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d) Source eclasses only once |
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Bug #422533 [19], gentoo-dev discussion [20] |
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e) HDEPEND: host dependencies for cross-compilation |
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Bug #317337 [21] |
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f) Directory support for package* and use* |
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Bug #282296 [22] |
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- Not intended for gentoo-x86 tree, only to be used in |
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overlays. |
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Ulrich |
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[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Future_EAPI/EAPI_6_tentative_features |
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[2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463586 |
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[3] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459692 |
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[4] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=449862 |
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[5] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463692 |
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[6] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451938 |
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[7] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463736 |
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[8] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481980 |
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[9] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458102 |
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[10] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=476730 |
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[11] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=483244 |
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[12] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=431340 |
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[13] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463822 |
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[14] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463768 |
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[15] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475288 |
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[16] http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/pms.git;a=commit;h=a8bf7862967cce36b7f1b408934a774126da2538 |
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[17] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273101 |
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[18] http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_750e33f68b16d971dff1f40dd9145e56.xml |
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[19] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=422533 |
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[20] http://marc.info/?l=gentoo-dev&m=134493783816587&w=2 |
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[21] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317337 |
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[22] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=282296 |
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