From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1SnviC-0006dO-RV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 08 Jul 2012 17:56:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A9CE6E01BE; Sun, 8 Jul 2012 17:55:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f67.google.com (mail-wg0-f67.google.com [74.125.82.67]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFBE6E00B2 for ; Sun, 8 Jul 2012 17:55:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbdt10 with SMTP id dt10so1646607wgb.10 for ; Sun, 08 Jul 2012 10:55:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type; bh=zn6aEVsknVJycOKPngQBzhXYEezHNx/JqRbdWGA174w=; b=gNA9Kyc3prwH2SfZ6uEfZYcPiMwwosUa9GIltBIXpT6tMJz6HldwnOx8pl1ziZWAAO nqmf4FoD0Ed++Vb/EFiNqOFB8G3Ke8HRAqUHSlyE72MpF9Qjvsl6iLBGqycb0y4NUJZY 1zqk50rD4qVOjrR3kZGvT0nVhZv7g9mVsCZ+w2lADStRYGq05nGcI2QJCsNMgsPvQ4C4 Jn9Or+aG5oxjoNm2BeAIPYk8ve9+eCHrIxU8rGI9k/7L4zUpfTVQL926v468+bUPV7rw IuveDHjWO1denmQX2zu3KGyQMZXuyUyfAsKAXfKs0dWOn/qspxjt+NbpIcIplZInp/ku v92g== Received: by 10.180.97.201 with SMTP id ec9mr23271214wib.12.1341770112122; Sun, 08 Jul 2012 10:55:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cpc13-broo7-2-0-cust130.14-2.cable.virginmedia.com. [82.9.16.131]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id cu1sm9600463wib.6.2012.07.08.10.55.10 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 08 Jul 2012 10:55:11 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 18:54:55 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] base.eclass Message-ID: <20120708185455.5c3fcbc1@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <4FF9C825.2060705@necoro.eu> References: <4FF9C825.2060705@necoro.eu> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; 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; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/6DVaJ3PZ4MVVc046yqdfx_m"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 4048375b-e9a1-436f-842b-a99369848dad X-Archives-Hash: d651773041d20da3b65adca3fb312cb9 --Sig_/6DVaJ3PZ4MVVc046yqdfx_m Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:49:25 +0200 Ren=C3=A9 Neumann wrote: > I'd like just to receive a short clarification about the 'status' of > base.eclass: Is this eclass expected to be available everywhere, i.e. > should each eclass make sure it imports and incorporates it. Or is it > just an eclass like the others and ebuilds should make sure they > inherit it if needed? base.eclass is a historical mistake, from before the design of eclasses was fully figured out and moved into the package manager. Unfortunately, rather than letting it die, people keep putting things in it and using it... --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/6DVaJ3PZ4MVVc046yqdfx_m Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk/5yXIACgkQ96zL6DUtXhHXwwCgvowiCVDlJdbgsAX04qpi9DYX KgEAoL6pK5zUPC2k42uxOVe0vQd6LtsJ =RRGg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/6DVaJ3PZ4MVVc046yqdfx_m--