Re: [gentoo-dev] [PMS] Version Naming Clarification

[Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@ciaranm.org>]

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On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 23:31:38 +0200
Harald van Dijk <truedfx@gentoo.org> wrote:
> If the question is whether it's accepted, what matters is whether it's
> accepted. If you're interested in legality, ask whether it should be
> accepted, not whether it is. spb did that in the same message, and I
> responded negatively to that. I'm really not seeing your point here.

If Portage currently happens to, say, disable sandbox if an ebuild sets
GIVE_ME_A_COOKIE="yes" globally, it does not mean that ebuilds may rely
upon this behaviour, nor does it mean that Portage cannot change in
such a way that breaks this behaviour. The acceptance question is
relevant only for legitimate behaviour; things accepted by fluke aren't
considered accepted.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh


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