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 1KPIe9-0000XZ-Vj for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:03:54 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1190EE02CB; Sat, 2 Aug 2008 15:03:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from yw-out-1718.google.com (yw-out-1718.google.com [74.125.46.155]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0914E02CB for ; Sat, 2 Aug 2008 15:03:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yw-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 5so809928ywm.46 for ; Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:03:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender :to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references :x-google-sender-auth; bh=KtoW+U4Gvo/Wxx9C0kuaSkzwpR+duyaoY2r/OFkUC0E=; b=fA5mX8N2WJM/5HDo1XvhazkhJh1o+DJkKTURfw3VXi7CRfldirarB2zUAuUmlVgiC5 qe3LpaqgUqj3th7GEnNUNYPeezgSIBJErHXCXERxyz2CjoGs5yhGBvjqlNG7Hmye9LR4 sm0DV+Qauqy1nuTdFGg4YNVlitaE73ER0EgpI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references:x-google-sender-auth; b=q9h8gsN28PpIXcR4s9w8DO0dVDzsvXuOaTdvX389PLT/JZr7GNun6utc/ehvYJ3Sfw uL57OnnU/0iRJAiB7Oh9cLA1Ru/NSKisqZFowK0NUMKPTwgKkL7eZD1nPHsHIjAtXVY8 W0aOZ4qWVJtUPJjAUFkn6M8H1gwgbLMc1jqjY= Received: by 10.151.114.9 with SMTP id r9mr5137302ybm.166.1217689429916; Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:03:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.151.5 with HTTP; Sat, 2 Aug 2008 08:03:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3c32af40808020803lfbcfa75ra45db07e80a69939@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 17:03:49 +0200 From: "Santiago M. Mola" Sender: cooldwind@gmail.com To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New RESTRICT=live value for identification of live ebuilds? In-Reply-To: <48943642.1080009@gentoo.org> 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: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4893C048.9020806@gentoo.org> <48942485.4000808@gentoo.org> <48943642.1080009@gentoo.org> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 321c69d8028e198e X-Archives-Salt: 0c3149be-ec1b-4a45-982b-e83a13530581 X-Archives-Hash: 17815439d141bcf70124faa1b78696be On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Zac Medico wrote: > Mike Auty wrote: > >> If there's need for a new class of ebuild information (such as a new >> way of categorizing ebuilds by feature), perhaps we should add an ebuild >> features variable specifically for the purpose? > > That requires an EAPI bump, which also means that it can't be used > in ebuilds with EAPI 0 or 1. The RESTRICT solution is simpler and we > can use it right now in any ebuild. > I don't think we're in a hurry for this feature, so I don't see the need of using suboptimal hacks in order to avoid an EAPI bump. Furthermore, EAPI 2 is supposed to be done in the near future, right? Regards, -- Santiago M. Mola Jabber ID: cooldwind@gmail.com