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* Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] should we do an EAPI bump now with features that are already implemented?
  @ 2007-07-09 22:26 99% ` Ciaran McCreesh
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From: Ciaran McCreesh @ 2007-07-09 22:26 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:15:36 -0700
Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Bug 174380 [1] has a growing list of features that may be included in
> EAPI-1. Some of the features are already implemented but can't be
> used in the portage tree until we do an EAPI bump. The ones that are
> currently implemented include slot deps [2] and iuse defaults [3].
> Are these features important enough to warrant an EAPI bump or should
> we wait for more features to materialize?

No point waiting when there're useful things that can be done straight
away. Slot deps at least meet that.

As for IUSE defaults... There were objections against that feature on
the grounds that it's unnecessary and increased maintenance. Do they
really offer any benefit over package.use?

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh


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