From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M5UHf-0006kB-PS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 17 May 2009 00:31:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EA1B1E0663; Sun, 17 May 2009 00:31:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironclad.mail.utexas.edu (ironclad.mail.utexas.edu [146.6.25.7]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF637E0663 for ; Sun, 17 May 2009 00:31:17 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-MID: 1066143702 Received: from wb7-a.mail.utexas.edu ([128.83.126.146]) by ironclad.mail.utexas.edu with ESMTP; 16 May 2009 19:31:17 -0500 Received: (qmail 41327 invoked from network); 17 May 2009 00:31:17 -0000 Received: from cpe-72-179-50-92.austin.res.rr.com (HELO ?192.168.1.116?) (rpinjala@72.179.50.92) by wb7.mail.utexas.edu with (RC4-MD5 encrypted) ESMTPSA; 17 May 2009 00:31:17 -0000 Message-ID: <4A0F5AD4.8030808@p-static.net> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 19:31:16 -0500 From: Ravi Pinjala User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090506) 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] The fallacies of GLEP55 References: <20090514225337.34df7dac@snowcone> <20090515194329.GA16382@linux1> <20090515204905.54aa6a5c@snowmobile> <20090516092710.GA3221@eric.schwarzvogel.de> <20090516151216.15efc792@snowmobile> <20090516153224.GA4964@eric.schwarzvogel.de> <20090516163421.32935cbc@snowmobile> <20090516154332.GA6646@eric.schwarzvogel.de> <20090516164903.261df865@snowmobile> <1242491708.7309.3.camel@peripatetic.hades> <20090516163908.GB11144@dodo.hsd1.nj.comcast.net> <1242492270.7309.6.camel@peripatetic.hades> <20090516174730.1d7dd5b7@snowmobile> <1242492844.7309.9.camel@peripatetic.hades> <20090516175931.7756060d@snowmobile> <1242493786.7309.17.camel@peripatetic.hades> <20090516185508.0fd02f0e@snowmobile> <4A0F4EBC.5020706@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4A0F4EBC.5020706@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: dfb30803-053c-45c5-96dd-7c964340295f X-Archives-Hash: 8fdfc022e2401a83956d4543ad09e91c Nick Fortino wrote: > Such a transformation is possible, given the restrictions on arg, as > well as ebuild format. Isn't this a bit circular? The whole point of wanting to change the extension is to get rid of exactly these restrictions; if you assume the restrictions, then the whole thing is kind of pointless. :) --Ravi