From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 774EE138010 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2012 18:00:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5F21021C025; Thu, 6 Sep 2012 18:00:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26BF0E09F4 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2012 17:59:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkwj4 with SMTP id j4so968448bkw.40 for ; Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:59:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=IBWEDd/SD6VgQGIZVdSmtIGfbDVzqxeoprZs0Nym/5c=; b=zzGD9aWhhKrQs9Fh09+6E2BqJ5ihSPwhkuAGhbre/UVTkwQGgTHVzlzgaXk4jRmFE4 k/rpi8wsB8Qid2diMmOmrIzp3hwzSKS6vzcskMJARlYSHGOQ94Ua37vLcFWA8cLMV57k HY9aGAhChFakHYcYQ3T1GRewunbduW9UHoo+uQX93vMcWfBOdrmwJ1uke+VxPJuB4goL zhMdu+h2giuxE8ElB3+86HODQcHFZLUU05EoQ4aRMdak1mzXYdT/lpmbalwF20oOaY3h FcHq+ieqPAZOZzrg3UvvseREBZzYGNdWDbSUL4BIRiQer7I6DTRBRzYe7eOOVr/m3zAH bpIQ== 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 10.204.129.23 with SMTP id m23mr1619092bks.28.1346954385133; Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:59:45 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.205.65.136 with HTTP; Thu, 6 Sep 2012 10:59:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5048DA5F.6060803@orlitzky.com> References: <1650487.RNHkTcOSMI@elia> <201208311103.19398.dilfridge@gentoo.org> <201209021510.55447.dilfridge@gentoo.org> <50436EDD.3030109@orlitzky.com> <20120904210619.GA18495@localhost> <5046A4FB.4000007@orlitzky.com> <20120905212914.GB18495@localhost> <5048DA5F.6060803@orlitzky.com> Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 13:59:44 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: c8Kl0Yz3TDjTSI9-kohr10eub38 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI usage From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: cbd93b51-35ad-4218-abb6-95b4fe395ddd X-Archives-Hash: e96b5cf4b937ba1f2e389a3764fe7d8a On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > From a developer's perspective, it's obviously better to be able to do > whatever you want. But for users it'd be nice to be able to request a > bump to EAPI5 and not get told to buzz off. It is easy. Don't ask for a bump to EAPI5. Ask for support for user patches, or whatever it is that you really need. I don't exactly see threads all over the place complaining about legitimate bugs being closed as WONTFIX. Rich