Re: [gentoo-dev] base.eclass

[Pacho Ramos <pacho@gentoo.org>]

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El dom, 08-07-2012 a las 22:59 +0200, René Neumann escribió:
> Am 08.07.2012 22:10, schrieb Michał Górny:
> > On Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:49:25 +0200
> > René Neumann <lists@necoro.eu> wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I'd like just to receive a short clarification about the 'status' of
> >> base.eclass: Is this eclass expected to be available everywhere, i.e.
> >> should each eclass make sure it imports and incorporates it. Or is it
> >> just an eclass like the others and ebuilds should make sure they
> >> inherit it if needed?
> > 
> > No. It is unmaintained, has serious design flaws and it simply should
> > not be used anywhere. At least in EAPI != [01].
> > 
> 
> Thanks for the clarification. As Mike already mentioned, one should
> probably change the ebuild description to reflect just that fact.
> (Because at the moment it just says the complete opposite.)
> 
> - René
> 

And, if we are supposed to stop using it, it should print some kind of
warning to remember developers to drop its usage

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