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 1R5Ddb-0007vS-CA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:26:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6B21A21C219; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:25:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gw0-f53.google.com (mail-gw0-f53.google.com [74.125.83.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A617121C213 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:25:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwj20 with SMTP id 20so4818769gwj.12 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 02:25:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=WB7X+BSe9luPZMu1MTqmHDzhNXJqwtDST1fhVB6Kr4Q=; b=nCpCr9cAVVtXs+m3sURkCgQxPM/pZKlaLnG31XZ9OWlvVA/qP2fnypopE5vl4pRas/ q5vQizqfVny5C+KrCuevlwOJw91BnEi5dlom7CxLDVfk/x4C4Y2lBlQvJV+80rHQJzNB lUzb9F8QNhLbnKlhg9/vpwUBj6Wg1O3j7aOz4= Received: by 10.150.212.7 with SMTP id k7mr1105511ybg.145.1316337916109; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 02:25:16 -0700 (PDT) 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 Sender: nirbheek.chauhan@gmail.com Received: by 10.151.79.13 with HTTP; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 02:24:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E758121.8020002@gentoo.org> References: <4E64C7BB.907@gentoo.org> <201109160122.00747.Arfrever.FTA@gmail.com> <20110915235444.GB31364@beast> <201109160220.27814.Arfrever@gentoo.org> <4E73BA52.3000501@gentoo.org> <20110918034735.GA4525@comet.mayo.edu> <4E758121.8020002@gentoo.org> From: Nirbheek Chauhan Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:54:56 +0530 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 0vINzGYF1veIYGFo2ZO_KDfgLtY Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Fwd: [gentoo-dev-announce] Call for items for September 13 council meeting To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: c56e0c882cbaa059d60db84c65879478 On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Zac Medico wrote: > On 09/17/2011 08:47 PM, Donnie Berkholz wrote: >> On 14:06 Fri 16 Sep =C2=A0 =C2=A0 , Zac Medico wrote: >>> Bumping the EAPI of the root profiles/eapi file would be a different >>> matter, since it applies to the whole repository. If you want to >>> version bump that repository-level EAPI, then you need to wait until >>> at least 6 months after supporting package managers have been >>> available in stable. >> >> So in your opinion, it would be fine to bump profiles/eapi to EAPI=3D4 >> now? > > Yes, it's feasible. As a consequence, we may get some complaints from > users who haven't upgraded during the last six months. I don't see any features in EAPI 3 and 4 that are useful for the profiles. However, a bump to EAPI 2 (or at least 1) would be *extremely* beneficial, and cause much less chaos. Speaking with my GNOME hat, it will be *extremely* useful for slot-masking GNOME packages. --=20 ~Nirbheek Chauhan Gentoo GNOME+Mozilla Team