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 1IDJIj-0001qG-EK for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:15:41 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6OCEQtk011384; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:14:26 GMT Received: from mtao02.charter.net (mtao02.charter.net [209.225.8.187]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6OCCTFs009059 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:12:29 GMT Received: from aa02.charter.net ([10.20.200.154]) by mtao02.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.00 201-2186-121-20061213) with ESMTP id <20070724121229.ZNOI9370.mtao02.charter.net@aa02.charter.net> for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:12:29 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.102] (really [66.214.177.251]) by aa02.charter.net with ESMTP id <20070724121229.KPGX26124.aa02.charter.net@[192.168.0.102]> for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:12:29 -0400 Message-ID: <46A5ECAC.3060807@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:12:28 -0700 From: David Shakaryan User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070706) 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: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed X-Chzlrs: 0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id l6OCEQvg011384 X-Archives-Salt: 14d28cd9-2c5e-4e10-8a9c-e1f9ecb491b8 X-Archives-Hash: b5f6d01b5eb6a4fbba99f8dfc26d037f Tiziano M=C3=BCller wrote: > 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". Well, from what I understand, DESCRIPTION should generally stay the same=20 between different versions of the same package. While two versions of=20 the same package may have some slight differences, the general purpose=20 of the package should remain the same, and DESCRIPTION is after all just=20 a short general description. I don't see any/enough exceptions to=20 warrant all the duplication and unnecessary complexity. --=20 David Shakaryan --=20 gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list