From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HXmrk-0004Ur-7q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:20:12 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l2VNJ9CT015910; Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:19:09 GMT Received: from argo.arachnion.zzZZzz.net (argo.arachnion.zzZZzz.net [62.27.45.185]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l2VNHASo013700 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:17:10 GMT Received: from pd953b90d.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([217.83.185.13]) by argo.arachnion.zzZZzz.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.42) id 1HXmof-0005NT-2R for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:17:01 +0200 Message-ID: <460EEBD3.10306@klever.net> Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:16:35 +0200 From: Michael Krelin User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070321) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [soc] Python bindings for Paludis References: <200703240028.15461.peper@gentoo.org> <200703271519.29674.vapier@gentoo.org> <20070327211510.0b426e09@snowflake> <200703301404.16400.vapier@gentoo.org> <20070330193517.1c84fda1@snowflake> <1175280640.7385.8.camel@laptop> <20070330195620.19054275@snowflake> <460D760B.708@klever.net> <20070330214755.1aaaaa4d@snowflake> <460D86EE.9090308@klever.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 0f69211f-2163-4550-ac68-f5dd050960cd X-Archives-Hash: 39e2745d1247b54f741335b3b33b3398 > Michael Krelin wrote: >>> The question is whether scripts that, say, parse emerge -pv output have >>> to carry on working. >> I think this requirement would put portage itself in quite uncomfortable >> situation. >> > It's a non-issue imo; it's up to script authors and maintainers (aka users) > to keep up with whichever tools they choose, cf Bash 3.2 regex changes. > If it's a useful script, it'll get updated. I think the same applies not only for different portage versions, but for various package managers too. There may be some parts of the output strictly specified, but otherwise it's like indeed forcing all sendmail-compatible mailers provide uniform mailq output. Love, H -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list