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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] version/slot locked dependencies in eclasses like
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On 01/22/2018 11:37 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote:
>>
>> If the dependencies are to remain in the eclasses, then the eclasses
>> should get a new revision when those dependencies change. Afterwards,
>> the consumers can be revbumped and stabilized normally to utilize the
>> new eclass.
> 
> While that sounds like the right thing to do in theory, updating all
> consumers of autotools.eclass whenever a new version of automake is
> stabilized is really a lot of work for very little benefit.

Is now a good time to reconsider why we're manually listing stable
versions of automake in autotools.eclass?