Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] EAPI 2 Draft

[Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@gentoo.org>]

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On 00:39 Fri 05 Sep     , Zac Medico wrote:
> David Leverton wrote:
> > 2008/9/5 Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>:
> >> Both approaches are essentially equivalent but it's a little simpler
> >> for ebuild writer if they don't have to customize the output file name.
> > 
> > But is it so much simpler as to justify adding a special
> > gitweb-specific hack to the package managers?
> 
> Well, it's not much different from the existing file extension logic
> that's already built into the unpack function. I think what really
> matters is whether or not the majority of people see it as a useful
> extension.

I'm not writing new ebuilds from scratch or changing SRC_URI of existing 
ebuilds so often (especially those with this particular requirement) 
that there's any meaningful barrier to using arros instead of having 
this custom thing.

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Thanks,
Donnie

Donnie Berkholz
Developer, Gentoo Linux
Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com

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