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 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IDJEJ-0004MC-Df for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:11:07 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6OCA7s4007392; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:10:07 GMT Received: from smtp-3.tky.hut.fi (smtp03.tky.fi [82.130.63.73]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6OC6g5l002022 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:06:42 GMT Received: from [82.130.46.196] ([82.130.46.196]) by smtp-3.tky.hut.fi (SMSSMTP 4.1.9.35) with SMTP id M2007072415064010764 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:06:40 +0300 Message-ID: <46A5EB50.8080109@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:06:40 +0300 From: =?UTF-8?B?UGV0dGVyaSBSw6R0eQ==?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070620) 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: RFC: Forbid using versions in DESCRIPTION References: <46A5DE60.50708@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 OpenPGP: url=http://users.tkk.fi/~praty/public.asc Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig900D75404E4F929ABABB7DD6" X-Archives-Salt: 4953c279-3ff0-4261-a791-92778e2124b7 X-Archives-Hash: 367b427f3111187113d796433eaca789 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig900D75404E4F929ABABB7DD6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tiziano M=C3=BCller kirjoitti: > Petteri R=C3=A4ty schrieb: >> Currently there are some ebuilds in the tree that use ${PV} in >> description which leads to results like: >> Description: Documentation (including API Javadocs) for >> Java SDK version 1.6.0 >> >> I did see anything in devmanual taking a stance on this issue: >> http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/variables/index.html >> What do you think about adding a sentence or two saying that you shoul= d >> not use version numbers in DESCRIPTION? This could even be added to re= poman. >=20 > As far as I understood it, having DESCRIPTION in the ebuild itself > (rather than in metadata) means that DESCRIPTION is allowed to change > between versions, whether "automatically" by using a version-dependent > variable or "manually". >=20 > I'd therefore only add a note in the devmanual which recommends not to > use ${PV} (and ${P}, ...) in the DESCRIPTION. >=20 > Cheers, > Tiziano >=20 But is there anything that makes use of version specific DESCRIPTION atom= s? Regards, Petteri --------------enig900D75404E4F929ABABB7DD6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGpetQcxLzpIGCsLQRAvKDAJwNrzTzKyomoBznpg+xwS9weyDQNgCghRDQ /yK8kVYmcac5TxKTK+v91pc= =vTW8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig900D75404E4F929ABABB7DD6-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list