Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI change: Call ebuild functions from trusted working directory

[Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@gentoo.org>]

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On 20:20 Mon 13 Oct     , Wulf C. Krueger wrote:
> On Monday, 13. October 2008 19:42:21 Donnie Berkholz wrote:
> > Since EAPI=0 isn't actually approved yet, council wouldn't vote 
> > either. As it's a draft standard, this would be resolved amongst
> > package-manager developers and PMS editors.
> 
> So, EAPI-2 had to be approved before it could be used in the tree. EAPI-0 
> isn't "actually approved yet", though, so it must not be used in the tree, 
> right? ;-)

EAPI=0 was grandfathered in, it's unlike any new set of features.

> And since EAPI-1 builds upon EAPI-0, that's not acceptable in the tree 
> either.
> 
> (And, btw, the former council decided there wouldn't be any new EAPIs 
> before EAPI-0 wasn't approved.)

I think that was done under the assumption that EAPI=0 would actually be 
finished sometime soon. It's now been 8 months since that discussion. I 
disagree with halting forward progress on something directly relevant to 
all ebuild developers (important future ebuild features) to specify 
existing behavior. I think specifications are useful but are not a 
blocker.

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Thanks,
Donnie

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

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