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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC:sys-apps/portage @overlay atoms postfix support
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On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Ciaran McCreesh
<ciaran.mccreesh@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 26 May 2009 10:13:51 +0200 (CEST)
> lxnay@sabayonlinux.org wrote:
>> So, "::" vs "@" apart, is it something that is worth looking and
>> implementing in future EAPIs?
>
> Isn't it just a user issue, not one we want used anywhere where EAPI
> rules are in effect?
>
Indeed. Since the consensus is for using it as part of the UI, you
don't need to wait for EAPI=4, you (lxnay) can start writing patches
for portage (regardless of which operator is used) to recognize such
atoms on the command line.
--
~Nirbheek Chauhan