From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DqOBV-0001Gz-Rq for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 04:40:26 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j674cMdC015123; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 04:38:22 GMT Received: from Rover.local (cpe-24-27-15-174.austin.res.rr.com [24.27.15.174]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j674ZZMg009834 for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 04:35:35 GMT Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Rover.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62E3D3D254 for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 23:36:31 -0500 (CDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v733) In-Reply-To: <42CC7EFB.2020308@ieee.org> References: <20050707002002.GH20687@lightning.stealer.net> <200507062041.43423.vapier@gentoo.org> <20050707004906.GJ20687@lightning.stealer.net> <42CC7EFB.2020308@ieee.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <88F6D0D3-99A2-4C37-A233-D34EFB1EE5F3@gentoo.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Kito Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] EBUILD_FORMAT support Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 23:36:30 -0500 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.733) X-Archives-Salt: 6b7644c2-ad8a-4169-a974-fc071d5089df X-Archives-Hash: 6273c2debd38b3910e6d8bb7cbfe587f On Jul 6, 2005, at 8:01 PM, Nathan L. Adams wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Sven Wegener wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 08:41:43PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: >> >> >>> On Wednesday 06 July 2005 08:20 pm, Sven Wegener wrote: >>> >>> >>>> We would like to introduce a new ebuild variable named >>>> EBUILD_FORMAT, >>>> >>> >>> seems like the name is much longer than it needs to be ... what's >>> wrong with >>> say 'EVER' ? >>> >> >> >> It's fine too. EBUILD_FORMAT was just the name that fell in >> #gentoo-portage once we discussed about it. >> >> Sven >> >> > > EVER looks like the english word 'ever'; what does it stand for? > EBUILD > VERSION? If so, how about EVERSION? Since when was variable name > length > a problem? Go with whatever best describes the variable and is easy to > figure out. Why not follow that logic through and use something like EBUILD_API ? the term VERSION implies release version which of course may not be tied to API changes... Kito > > Nathan > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFCzH772QTTR4CNEQARAlimAJ0Yh80KpXqc0yZv6Gli+KqpWaKBxQCfU6pR > 2WqrKs4MfY+RCgpoFxZKD8Q= > =5nzV > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list