From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M5Mqz-0003Cj-40 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 16 May 2009 16:35:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DB59EE056A; Sat, 16 May 2009 16:35:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD470E056A for ; Sat, 16 May 2009 16:35:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.110] (unknown [117.192.140.249]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83ED865E58 for ; Sat, 16 May 2009 16:35:14 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] The fallacies of GLEP55 From: Arun Raghavan To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20090516164903.261df865@snowmobile> References: <4A0C790A.1050209@gentoo.org> <20090514231623.409c8eb7@gentoo.org> <20090514214909.GA23080@linux1> <20090514225337.34df7dac@snowcone> <20090515194329.GA16382@linux1> <20090515204905.54aa6a5c@snowmobile> <20090516092710.GA3221@eric.schwarzvogel.de> <20090516151216.15efc792@snowmobile> <20090516153224.GA4964@eric.schwarzvogel.de> <20090516163421.32935cbc@snowmobile> <20090516154332.GA6646@eric.schwarzvogel.de> <20090516164903.261df865@snowmobile> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-KfOF66ukxrUESmB3qF+t" Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 22:05:08 +0530 Message-Id: <1242491708.7309.3.camel@peripatetic.hades> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.1.1 X-Archives-Salt: 4639661b-9315-4958-8fe0-c6fa4799db1d X-Archives-Hash: 0939662acd31c98776f6c28f4a128414 --=-KfOF66ukxrUESmB3qF+t Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2009-05-16 at 16:49 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sat, 16 May 2009 17:43:32 +0200 > Tobias Klausmann wrote: > > > That doesn't let us do version format changes. > >=20 > > Or are we talking about the *ebuild* versions? I see that as > > different matter. Plus: You could change the version format with > > the changed extension. I sure do hope there are no plans on > > making those changes as often as new EAPIs. >=20 > Yes, those. The current rules include some pointless arbitrary > restrictions that are only there for historical reasons and that mean > people have to mess with convoluted MY_PV things. So from all the debate that's going on, the current major issue seems to be being able to support '-scm' as per GLEP-54. What other restrictions in the version format are you referring to? -- Arun --=-KfOF66ukxrUESmB3qF+t Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkoO6zwACgkQ+Vqt1inD4uw1pACfQEC2mFFsHGvPws6HxUJWpR5x /u4An0iw98Rxm8OnoD8+RbYBYQ0l/e8W =CrkP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-KfOF66ukxrUESmB3qF+t--