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 1LcHmX-0001vu-EO for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:18:29 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 28666E04E0; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:18:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 164D8E04E0 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:18:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF62C2A4CD1 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:18:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:18:27 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: xXdw1OH6qULH6Q2JND7lq4CkRemIw5M15+I0+b8QiFeY 1235560707 Received: from [192.168.188.1] (82-71-33-97.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.71.33.97]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5E7F03B0D7 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:18:27 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <49A52902.8080907@gentoo.org> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:18:26 +0000 From: Mike Auty User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090102) 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] Collecting opinions about GLEP 55 and alternatives References: <49A472E3.1010204@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <49A472E3.1010204@gentoo.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 1c3628e3-9b12-4c8e-825d-34f26e8931c2 X-Archives-Hash: 9deee2ec33a5f5e3b155076bbbff538d -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Petteri R=C3=A4ty wrote: > 3) EAPI in locked down place in the ebuild > c) .ebuild in current directory > - needs one year wait I'm all for 1 or 3c, because we're not in any rush. I don't see why there's such an immediate need to make as drastic changes as are being suggested for GLEP-55, simply to allow for the possibility of future unknown ebuild mechanisms (like ebuilds not being bash scripts). If ebuilds change significantly from their current form, then and only then, would it be a good time to change the ebuild suffixes= . I don't want to get an attachment from bugzilla and find I have to try four different file extensions because whilst the package and version were obvious from the bug, the eapi number wasn't. I also don't want to run into a situation where this package manager supports kdebuilds, whilst that package manager supports gnomebuilds, and a third one supports xfcebuilds. That's just recreating the browser wars, and will leave us with the likes of IE6. I'd be relatively happy with a shebang that specifies the parser or passes the ebuild version, as long as it was standardized, linear and supported by all the PMs (ie, some rogue PM can't suddenly start allowing a "myeapi" that only it can build)... Mike 5:) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkmlKQEACgkQu7rWomwgFXoRFACdHfDHuHhj7ojsQV5FvF+rRpRT PgQAoKTq6iAmNLC50a97JHrQghRZK6O0 =3DELuP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----