From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E7C0913835A for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:55:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A924DE087B; Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:55:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 902F9E085B for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:55:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (oystercatcher.gentoo.org [148.251.78.52]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9EB4733E695 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:55:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CA04636 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:55:49 +0000 (UTC) From: "Ulrich Müller" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Ulrich Müller" Message-ID: <1617087203.97c28330bb6906f046337c4000e69ef52c52296f.ulm@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: eclass-writing/ X-VCS-Repository: proj/devmanual X-VCS-Files: eclass-writing/text.xml X-VCS-Directories: eclass-writing/ X-VCS-Committer: ulm X-VCS-Committer-Name: Ulrich Müller X-VCS-Revision: 97c28330bb6906f046337c4000e69ef52c52296f X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:55:49 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply X-Archives-Salt: e81ccac3-f2aa-415d-859e-9f4eb7b000b0 X-Archives-Hash: 1d0bff2b723d52a9d74da1056ff243b9 commit: 97c28330bb6906f046337c4000e69ef52c52296f Author: Sam James gentoo org> AuthorDate: Mon Mar 22 05:37:37 2021 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller gentoo org> CommitDate: Tue Mar 30 06:53:23 2021 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=97c28330 eclass-writing: mention etiquette with respect to metadata invalidation Signed-off-by: Sam James gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller gentoo.org> eclass-writing/text.xml | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/eclass-writing/text.xml b/eclass-writing/text.xml index adf3671..ccebfb6 100644 --- a/eclass-writing/text.xml +++ b/eclass-writing/text.xml @@ -90,6 +90,17 @@ Committing a broken eclass can kill huge numbers of packages. Since A simple way to verify syntax is bash -n foo.eclass.

+ +Given that updating an eclass will invalidate the cache of all consumer ebuilds, +it is good etiquette to ping other developers in e.g. #gentoo-dev +on IRC or informally determine if there are other similar changes (mainly +documentation) which should be pushed at the same time in order to avoid +unnecessary cache regeneration within a few hours or days of each other. + +The same applies to your own work please prepare all of your commits and +batch push them at once where possible. + +