Re: [gentoo-dev] Reinstating eclasses

["Petteri Räty" <betelgeuse@gentoo.org>]

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Zac Medico wrote:
> 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.
>

The names of eclasses aren't shown to users and I think figuring out a
new name is a minor inconvenience so I would just go with the safe route.

Regards,
Petteri


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