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

[Ciaran McCreesh]

On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:02:02 +0200
Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis <arfrever.fta@×××××.com> wrote:
> * package.mask, use.force, use.mask, package.use, package.use.force
> and package.use.mask directories
> 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
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=414817

These two need a profiles EAPI bump, and we've not discussed what
happens when profiles go over EAPI 1 yet.

> * REPOSITORY variable
>   https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=414813
>
> * Repository dependencies
>   https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=414815

These two are widely considered undesirable. The second one also has a
rather large "we don't agree on what it means, but whatever it means
it isn't want you naively want" issue.

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Ciaran McCreesh