Re: [gentoo-dev] Reinstating eclasses

[Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>]

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Christoph Mende wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm currently working on a new eclass for Xfce4 that, as opposed to the
> previous ones (xfce42.eclass, xfce44.eclass), is supposed to be used
> for all versions. Now the most logical name for an eclass like that
> would be xfce4.eclass, except that eclass already exists. It seems like
> it was used for Xfce 4.2 and has been deprecated for quite some time
> now. Obviously, packages using that eclass (which is zero in the main
> tree and zero in the xfce herd's overlay btw) wouldn't work with my new
> eclass, so I can't just extend said eclass. Now my big question is: Do
> I have to think of a new name for my eclass (was thinking of something
> like xfce4-r1.eclass, which I don't really like though) or can I just
> overwrite the old eclass?
> 

Considering that stable portage (2.1.4.4) uses environment.bz2 and
doesn't need the eclasses to exist for uninstall or binary packages,
and it's exceedingly unlikely that it will hurt anyone, I think you
should go ahead and overwrite the old eclass.
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Thanks,
Zac
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