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 1LbyBZ-0002NE-HK for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:23:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4CB13E0383; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:23:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f175.google.com (mail-gx0-f175.google.com [209.85.217.175]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CF19E0383 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:23:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk23 with SMTP id 23so7374560gxk.10 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:22:59 -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=VSy10lkoYx8kalQ22XnQxNTO3K5FwgKZ7eJ73p3MJ38=; b=iNASKY2kQ42PsPxoSs3QuE+Ye9sQBMw60KiG2xNtV9bIc38A8w9cvCDlllgpL74kCm DMsZNW2LJ6T3Uk4vsAwKbSG/Y5j0PP+6yQCxi2SzAa65F2db6jV6hbzzzhBL2s7vuwr/ 33jewZ1/dh54tFy6zTsuW9emHsi20z6xetkAM= 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=M7DTPsVUiGY7MgPZbtQyr1y8/pVzuF2lxD4qWj//0yCZzsDQW9U5qIgSMwhOvk6Efd cdMaUWkO4D03LLadMIyMkStQllKffpf60/VxSpXAfdMbUrUPuYRcpG1OXEEKuSoTV1cv 55Nl3JVgdd6FvnZmoavylCks0natkK5hg/9Is= Received: by 10.100.254.15 with SMTP id b15mr2676759ani.104.1235485357591; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:22:37 -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 k28sm19079118ugd.43.2009.02.24.06.22.36 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:22:36 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:22:29 +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: <20090224142229.07496b98@snowcone> In-Reply-To: <49A3520E.50904@gentoo.org> References: <1234257125.18160.2016.camel@localhost> <20090219125124.33eaa66c@snowcone> <1235077892.13198.1923.camel@localhost> <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> <49A2B276.1000109@gentoo.org> <49A2C40D.3060601@gentoo.org> <20090223132202.1cd1337e@halo.dirtyepic.sk.ca> <49A3357B.1030403@gentoo.org> <20090223234926.28d9f1d2@snowcone> <49A33C8F.6030704@gentoo.org> <20090224001934.63f731f5@snowmobile> <49A3520E.50904@gentoo.org> 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_/IuhDDt4sPZ=Eb/oKFyGhZwG"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: a2aadad0-8568-40bf-94be-f057d3828a45 X-Archives-Hash: ba0c31997c11f5c83d0ac669044f2eb1 --Sig_/IuhDDt4sPZ=Eb/oKFyGhZwG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:49:02 -0500 Richard Freeman wrote: > > and it doesn't let you change name or version rules. >=20 > Neither does putting the EAPI in the filename as far as I can tell. Name or versioning rules are things like allowing new suffixes or altering the restrictions upon formatting. Currently, package managers assume that they can handle anything named pkg-$anything.ebuild, and $anything has to be a valid version spec by the current rules. Version rules have changed at least twice in the past, and it's been messy every time. 55 allows version changes to be done safely (although not carelessly...). --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/IuhDDt4sPZ=Eb/oKFyGhZwG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkmkAqgACgkQ96zL6DUtXhH4XQCgqq4HSMZrWRcUO21wmHGnUju6 2sYAn1959XYlduIpQLHSdyQd1kCha6L+ =m4up -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/IuhDDt4sPZ=Eb/oKFyGhZwG--