Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 0/1] [RFC] greadme.eclass

[Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>]

Florian Schmaus <flow@gentoo.org> writes:

> I really like the functionality of readme.gentoo-r1.eclass, as it
> allows to communicate Gentoo-specific information about a package to
> the user. Especially as it improves the signal-to-noise ratio of
> messages arriving to our users.
>
> However, readme.gentoo-r1.eclass will only show this information on
> new installs, but not if the information changed. This is a major
> drawback. Furthermore, readme.gentoo-r1.eclass does not provide an API
> to assemble the information via heredoc.
>
> The following patch includes a new eclass named "greadme", that
> addresses those shortcomings of readme.gentoo-r1.eclass and hopefully
> can be seen as a general overhaul.

I have a few concerns at the moment, but of varying severity:
1) The name seems odd (why not readme.gentoo-r2)?
2) Why can't the existing eclass be improved?
3) Is the reason for 2) strong enough to introduce a new eclass?
4) The compression deal seems not worth bothering with.

I don't really want to see a bifurcation in our README eclasses
if we can help it. Porting to something new takes ages and it's
a lot of churn.