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 1SNq88-0007ek-PF for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:42:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A0291E0979; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:42:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f53.google.com (mail-wg0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89581E07DF for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:42:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbfm10 with SMTP id fm10so945132wgb.10 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:42:03 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :x-gm-message-state; bh=HqjG1AFww/8RsN24nzYKqFO8mngAWvB+zwqTuoUgzt4=; b=PZpJM7HvmOktuGFi+U3TLKPXxwzAoReRbs8AU2+rgjJTROXKtcn3kVLDbRKCxmCxbo trSCGwi7/u5ZWiMNM5NCuzhj4T0Zp8PBun0Nucc8HePGtO4ud3oy3Dak6k8kG8MdMTci QuwPxtZ8c9nl6G/cxTxe/EEK2XW5jLDB1MPE65bfxKV3ORzATL3PAWiOxUI4a89uw3HM ETwjDPrAHpJGGnmMuMAWZAIk2cBjeEfQ/gm1ay7Y9euta3S/8q4QfUZCoAwZ+lNTKrj5 UlpHICwe58LpssRRN3jpWchogx7lJC7VTuTW0PA+Ljuvf7q5//hA6QrP8tjOAI6YzKpP TjJg== 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 Received: by 10.180.94.161 with SMTP id dd1mr8396436wib.16.1335552123682; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:42:03 -0700 (PDT) Sender: antarus@scriptkitty.com Received: by 10.227.137.138 with HTTP; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:42:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20378.57067.381372.698034@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> References: <20120415021641.1858ffde@gentoo.org> <4F8A885C.3050508@gentoo.org> <20120418185913.3d2fa68f@epia.jer-c2.orkz.net> <201204181340.00474.vapier@gentoo.org> <20120418184138.50153e57@googlemail.com> <4F8F05E9.5070103@gentoo.org> <4F8F0929.2010109@googlemail.com> <4F8F18EC.3000707@gentoo.org> <4F8F3513.2060202@googlemail.com> <20120425224433.2fa0f2de@gentoo.org> <4F98EA90.4000403@gentoo.org> <4F9967DE.8000601@gentoo.org> <4F99F941.90705@gentoo.org> <20120427162051.13554e1a@pomiocik.lan> <4F9AD51F.6060303@gentoo.org> <20378.57067.381372.698034@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:42:03 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Mw8adNFNhFnJmdqALuunNHInjwQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available From: Alec Warner To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkvRkLR6TE8J57OUnM8JRSY/guY8NCPnDXdJBf6VO9m+obc40pUZbXWRjklp10mG60JZDPG X-Archives-Salt: fa63a28f-cf47-4e41-ae30-808cf22d5803 X-Archives-Hash: 4ad0ee3b6084d2db06f42c8cc220724d On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >>>>>> On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, Zac Medico wrote: > >> Since we've managed to survive up to this point without such a >> feature, I think it's worth the wait roll it into EAPI 5 and have a >> clean solution that doesn't rely on package manager interaction with >> eclasses. If we quickly draft an EAPI 5 spec, there's still have >> time to have it approved at the next council meeting. > > Did I get it right, you are thinking about a special EAPI only for > user patches? I'd say that the feature is not important enough to > justify that. Release early and often :) > > Ulrich >