Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

[Tom Wijsman <TomWij@gentoo.org>]

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On Sun, 17 Nov 2013 17:09:10 +0100
hasufell <hasufell@gentoo.org> wrote:

> multilib eclasses as a whole were a big failure, both for users
> (enough examples given here)

You mean those failures where they mix branches and thus cause blockers
between the old and new approach? Those failures have nothing to do
with multilib eclasses, but rather by not understanding Portage's
complexity; it works for me and I don't see a problem, I don't mix.

> for developers (cause it requires understanding the eclasses).

Are you able to contribute anything without understanding any eclass?

> You should keep working on the spec, so we might be able to remove
> that crap some day.

Maybe, maybe not; you are replacing complexity by other complexity, now
the real question is rather where we want this complexity to be.

Multilib eclasses make bugs explicit and thus easier to find and fix.

Multilib Portage takes bugs away from the eclasses and ebuilds such that
they sit in Portage; this can be an advantage or disadvantage depending
on how you look at it, but it however does mean that this need continued
maintenance after this feature has been added to Portage.

With the lower Portage development activity, is that a viable option?

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With kind regards,

Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
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