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On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:55:47 -0700 |
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Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> wrote: |
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> It seems like there's some confusion here. Approving a new EAPI and |
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> deciding to use a new EAPI in a given profile are two entirely |
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> different things. If we want to us a new EAPI in a profile, we just |
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> have to deploy it such that users are only exposed to that profile |
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> when they consciously running `eselect profile` (and they can always |
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> revert back to the previous profile if it turns out that their |
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> installed package manager doesn't support the new profile). |
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There's still the issue that we haven't decided what [use] deps do when |
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they show up in profile files. We were sticking at 1 until we worked |
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that out. |
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(Personally I'm in favour of just not allowing use deps anywhere in |
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profiles, and requiring package manglers to enforce it.) |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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