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 A2B0F13897B for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:08:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4032921C097; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:08:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eagle.jhcloos.com (eagle.jhcloos.com [207.210.242.212]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A67921C001 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:08:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eagle.jhcloos.com (Postfix, from userid 10) id 06F2B4014A; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:07:56 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=jhcloos.com; s=eagle; t=1360534100; bh=aHJi0C8rxNs4jkDdg/d1HZT3UKi2ldgGtPK0BW6t428=; h=From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=l/ZM3WHd7PkA0aVkCW6LRB1H6mDne3wJOjrUTG1yztfgwwHdSUf+u3LjHZ962Q4RW xe/dJBLYcowZuLxE0L/ZJd5okQooQ5FktrWRVuW99IavayNKUAmkOzOlSZgxqIfAS6 P/BEhY6pq1ZK3qN9NTLwSx6/OhTQMEBinmSzEiKs= Received: by carbon.jhcloos.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id 691D26006C; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:06:39 +0000 (UTC) From: James Cloos To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New, shiny EAPI=5 profiles: volunteer, procedure, preparations In-Reply-To: <201302101506.33114.dilfridge@gentoo.org> (Andreas K. Huettel's message of "Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:06:27 +0100") References: <201301122147.26044.dilfridge@gentoo.org> <201302101506.33114.dilfridge@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQAgMAAABinRfyAAAACVBMVEX///8ZGXBQKKnCrDQ3 AAAAJElEQVQImWNgQAAXzwQg4SKASgAlXIEEiwsSIYBEcLaAtMEAADJnB+kKcKioAAAAAElFTkSu QmCC Copyright: Copyright 2013 James Cloos OpenPGP: ED7DAEA6; url=http://jhcloos.com/public_key/0xED7DAEA6.asc OpenPGP-Fingerprint: E9E9 F828 61A4 6EA9 0F2B 63E7 997A 9F17 ED7D AEA6 Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:06:39 -0500 Message-ID: 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 Content-Type: text/plain X-Hashcash: 1:30:130210:gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org::OmsO3raPBos3cWKT:000000000000000000000000000000000QwGXa X-Archives-Salt: f5025ef2-41cc-405d-8061-8721384380b8 X-Archives-Hash: 7f41ac358b98d982d4b6e5e9d65e7817 >>>>> "AKH" == Andreas K Huettel writes: AKH> To be honest I did not really see the necessity since the "big red AKH> warning" exactly tells you what to do (and even which profile to AKH> pick, which would be more complicated in a news item). But it doesn't tell one why the change was made, what differences to expect once it is done. What does: diff -uNr profiles/default/linux/amd64/10.0/eapi profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/eapi --- profiles/default/linux/amd64/10.0/eapi 2009-08-17 14:54:00.000000000 -0400 +++ profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/eapi 2013-01-20 06:31:02.000000000 -0500 @@ -1 +1 @@ -2 +5 actually *do* to one's system? A useful news item would have explained what was changing, why it was done, and what to expect once one makes the change. -JimC -- James Cloos OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6