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To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Thomas Sachau" <tommy@gentoo.org>
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On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:03:56 +0200, Thomas Sachau <tommy@gentoo.org> wro=
te:

> Tom=C3=A1=C5=A1 Chv=C3=A1tal schrieb:
>> Start collecting ideas for EAPI5.
>
> 2) USE-flag based support to install for different slots (e.g. python,=
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> ruby or php)
>
> The second one is already done in some eclasses, afaik php and ruby, b=
ut  =

> it might be a good idea to
> have a general framework for all slotted languages, so there is no nee=
d  =

> to re-implement the same for
> every language.
>

I would definately like to see something around this. It feels silly tha=
t  =

slotted languages and its package behave almost the same, but different =
 =

enough for it to be quite annoying for the end users.

Also those packagers who have to deal with language bindings towards  =

multiple slotted languages experience quite a lot of pain because of how=
  =

differently this behaviour is implemented in the various eclasses.


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Ole Markus