From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lbbiz-0003O4-74 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:24:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B2216E0462; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:23:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f161.google.com (mail-fx0-f161.google.com [209.85.220.161]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EFAFE0462 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:23:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm5 with SMTP id 5so1761548fxm.10 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:23:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type; bh=P5dELUUeX9LUn4+zNfhr6ni2154rwVZ4Jc43fkvnTKU=; b=JSIUE8J6gMPcBWwPI4AE7H8ykIjk/simIIWcQ5/g196BgTKOhywLY8ImSg6rL+wjW/ LcXl6GyMastI3orDZF19xAAY1vctVAd9zJqEiULVMzrOtctRONucq9vOB5H4IIt9Cqcl qPLvTKw0sB7KQDLaQZm6HPm65jyfNqQ6aUw8E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type; b=BWkWV3Uipzhb8HZnsh3pdmD4S8ewWOQ5MVN0JtPmjRynmC2mdbKQGyTnNc3JSi4bx6 VcOWpDM6+452zG1SpPeLZ4tc/7cGSOEyPfWVvZGdDCBe8XMWmg1Zt/JbfHoS4+vl+NTI MwFYEl0w7wmYk6jWynWT3rRFlX3mKf2lRznLo= Received: by 10.103.247.14 with SMTP id z14mr3330591mur.70.1235399038566; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:23:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from snowcone (92-235-187-79.cable.ubr18.sgyl.blueyonder.co.uk [92.235.187.79]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j27sm7859882ugc.12.2009.02.23.06.23.57 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:23:58 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:23:49 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Issues regarding glep-55 (Was: [gentoo-council] Re: Preliminary Meeting-Topics for 12 February 2009) Message-ID: <20090223142349.1427a3df@snowcone> In-Reply-To: <20090223141525.GB3487@hrair.hsd1.ca.comcast.net> References: <20090222171658.278ae167@halo.dirtyepic.sk.ca> <49A1E1CB.1000806@gentoo.org> <20090222234800.29d64b8d@snowcone> <49A206A7.3050604@gentoo.org> <1235378286.31617.6.camel@neuromancer.neuronics-tp.ch> <49A26B84.7040006@gentoo.org> <1235383347.12908.0.camel@neuromancer.neuronics-tp.ch> <20090223122648.GA3487@hrair.hsd1.ca.comcast.net> <20090223135010.05e9435f@snowcone> <20090223141525.GB3487@hrair.hsd1.ca.comcast.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.14.7; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/h9n7yYVNagti=swse9qdLr4"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 895d7cd8-9b06-47f8-96d0-bdbc07746cdb X-Archives-Hash: 3a519a88d339615d64029b04c49828b4 --Sig_/h9n7yYVNagti=swse9qdLr4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:15:25 -0800 Brian Harring wrote: > > No it doesn't. It's transparent to users using an older package > > manager. >=20 > Would be useful if someone pulled older portage versions and checked=20 > exactly what they do in this case- explode, behave, etc (manifest=20 > behaviour included). It's been several years, but I recall portage=20 > having problems at the onset of EAPI w/ it. It was checked back when 55 was originally written. If it's broken now, it's a breakage since then... > Frankly, in terms of g55 I don't particularly care if it were=20 > implemented- although I'd rather see it go in a seperate repo along > w/ the dozen other fixups needed, preferably starting w/ overlays... Well yes, but that's never realistically going to happen. 55's one of the few repository format fixes that can happen in a reasonable timeframe. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/h9n7yYVNagti=swse9qdLr4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkmisXkACgkQ96zL6DUtXhEazACgrKkfQ8qvse9lgjDmNpkQTzQY HvIAnA0Q6OcP4lOLIwgN6w7eEe2PePG8 =vXFa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/h9n7yYVNagti=swse9qdLr4--