From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hck2n-0007jr-Lz for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 15:20:06 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l3EFIhO1009182; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 15:18:43 GMT Received: from smtp.ferdyx.org (170.Red-213-96-222.staticIP.rima-tde.net [213.96.222.170]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l3EFGgmu006908 for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 15:16:42 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.ferdyx.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C7F28D30C for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:12:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp.ferdyx.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tungsteno [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 05893-07 for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:12:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from snowflake (unknown [62.6.163.66]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.ferdyx.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 286358D305 for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:12:41 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:16:51 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI 1 (Was: Re: Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for April) Message-ID: <20070414161651.50b72f69@snowflake> In-Reply-To: <4620A27F.7030502@gentoo.org> References: <20070401092940.1B4C26441E@smtp.gentoo.org> <200704052240.56083.kugelfang@gentoo.org> <20070405212406.GA13118@seldon> <200704060016.18194.kugelfang@gentoo.org> <20070405221147.GB13118@seldon> <20070411154101.79634783@snowflake> <20070413142116.d6d00c8b.genone@gentoo.org> <20070413153842.6089a449@snowflake> <4620A27F.7030502@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.8.1 (GTK+ 2.10.9; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_kxWwEl=yrSDmWDdMBrdANsX"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at ferdyx.org X-Archives-Salt: 50f2d59e-bbba-4b78-b955-3fee749646c7 X-Archives-Hash: 54e3acacc7b3f7703eccdcd07a39a5f3 --Sig_kxWwEl=yrSDmWDdMBrdANsX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:44:31 -0700 Alec Warner wrote: > Any arch team that wants tests by default on their arch can just add=20 > test to FEATURES in their arch profiles; magically the users running=20 > that arch will get the tests run (with USE=3Dtest set) by default. > Users who don't want tests can always turn them off in make.conf. >=20 > So I struggle to grasp why this must be mandated via EAPI, since the=20 > arches who want testing could just turn it on. And for at least the third time... That can't be done because there are too many EAPI 0 packages that will fail, which leads to user confusion. But bringing it in for EAPI 1 ensures a smooth gradual migration. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_kxWwEl=yrSDmWDdMBrdANsX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGIPBl96zL6DUtXhERAiKbAJ4q3Tu/NxVTExGXlAJMLxf/zRk/gwCfYIuZ tmr75+RsavBDFsrQMD2PlZk= =CgOW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_kxWwEl=yrSDmWDdMBrdANsX-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list