From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KxQXW-0003lu-Bw for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:22:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6892FE0459; Tue, 4 Nov 2008 18:22:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp03.tky.fi (smtp03.tky.fi [82.130.63.73]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1E696E0459 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2008 18:22:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.130.46.209] ([82.130.46.209]) by smtp03.tky.fi (SMSSMTP 4.1.9.35) with SMTP id M2008110420220218391 for ; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:22:02 +0200 Message-ID: <491092C9.5080301@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:22:01 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?UGV0dGVyaSBSw6R0eQ==?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081003) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Reinstating eclasses References: <20081104174307.5bd3d834@gentoo.org> <491087C6.9030309@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <491087C6.9030309@gentoo.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: url=http://users.tkk.fi/~praty/public.asc Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig6D237F80D28F3F5ED3252E86" X-Archives-Salt: e9cd895a-6335-4468-ad2e-d5af95104a99 X-Archives-Hash: 8d09b77e89e6c2ef3cad97801320d4eb This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig6D237F80D28F3F5ED3252E86 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Zac Medico wrote: > Christoph Mende wrote: >> Hi, >=20 >> I'm currently working on a new eclass for Xfce4 that, as opposed to th= e >> 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 lik= e >> 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 ne= w >> 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? >=20 >=20 > 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 --------------enig6D237F80D28F3F5ED3252E86 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkkQks0ACgkQcxLzpIGCsLQLGACghx3a+PvKAh0H3xabcUnm7IeP C9gAn1bx5Whudv1OJr2vrzSV4G8oj/bC =ssV0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig6D237F80D28F3F5ED3252E86--