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From: Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] EAPI bump should require revbump
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:02:09
Message-Id: 1350766265.2900.1@NeddySeagoon
In Reply to: [gentoo-project] EAPI bump should require revbump by Ian Stakenvicius
1 On 2012.10.19 14:52, Ian Stakenvicius wrote:
2 > Hey all -- there was just a discussion in #gentoo-dev about this, so
3 > following up here..
4 >
5 > Due to the fact that an EAPI-bump can imply different behaviour from
6 > eclasses or the PM, an EAPI-bump should in most cases also require an
7 > ebuild revbump.
8 >
9 > Why i'm bringing this up here, is because Chansaw and I were
10 > wondering
11 > if common sense will not be enough to ensure this and it should be
12 > made a policy to revbump when migrating to a new EAPI ?
13 >
14 >
15
16 Common sense is much rarer than you might expect.
17 It should be explicit.
18
19 --
20 Regards,
21
22 Roy Bamford
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