Re: [gentoo-dev] Per-category and per-package eclasses

[Georgi Georgiev <chutz@gg3.net>]

maillog: 25/04/2005-15:27:12(+0300): Marius Mauch types
> Dan Meltzer wrote:
> >I can see the use for a category one, but I can see no point for a
> >package-local one, if you're going to have it specific for one
> >package, why not just put it in the ebuild, and have no eclass at all?
> 
> Actually I'd say the opposite: There is definitely a use for 
> package-local eclasses, however I don't see the point for category-local 
> eclasses (especially as that would very funny to get it working).
> Example for package-local eclasses? Whenever you define a function in an 
> ebuild that isn't version specific.

Plus, imagine how much stuff will break when you move a package to a new
category.

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