Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] should we do an EAPI bump now with features that are already implemented?

[Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>]

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Petteri Räty wrote:
> Zac Medico kirjoitti:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Bug 174380 [1] has a growing list of features that may be included in EAPI-1.
>> Some of the features are already implemented but can't be used in the portage
>> tree until we do an EAPI bump. The ones that are currently implemented include
>> slot deps [2] and iuse defaults [3]. Are these features important enough to
>> warrant an EAPI bump or should we wait for more features to materialize?
>>
> 
> I know Java would heavily use slot deps. What is the ETA for use based
> depends?

Hopefully within 2 months or so.  I'm planning to implement the infrastructure
that's necessary for it together with other stuff that will be needed for the
new dependency resolver.  The exact time that it will be ready is difficult to
estimate because it depends on how much time I have to spend on it and how
fruitful the time is, both of which vary a lot.

Zac
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