From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J5sZR-0006aW-8m for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:50:29 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with SMTP id lBM0nWta029265; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:49:32 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with ESMTP id lBM0lZYf026937 for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:47:35 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 333C26541A for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:47:35 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.003 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.003 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.596, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Ci9aT8-lBoXv for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:47:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF9C06534D for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:47:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1J5sJj-0005tv-7D for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:34:15 +0000 Received: from ip68-231-12-179.ph.ph.cox.net ([68.231.12.179]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:34:15 +0000 Received: from 1i5t5.duncan by ip68-231-12-179.ph.ph.cox.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:34:15 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: EAPI definition Was: [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI) Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:23:01 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <200712172320.01988.peper@gentoo.org> <20071220003801.GL24034@supernova> <4769D3F2.1030204@gentoo.org> <476ABC23.4000604@gentoo.org> <3c32af40712201130t79d51e9dre0d676e015f65d27@mail.gmail.com> <476B319C.8040402@gentoo.org> <20071221032846.2117f399@blueyonder.co.uk> <476B3DCE.6080801@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ip68-231-12-179.ph.ph.cox.net User-Agent: Pan/0.132 (Waxed in Black) Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: dade231d-4cad-4cf6-a8fa-27c5196c56a2 X-Archives-Hash: 0d1600e26b911ee8b576f57264e25304 Zhang Le posted 476B3DCE.6080801@gentoo.org, excerpted below, on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:15:10 +0800: > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: >> Package manager EAPIs don't belong in the main tree, but they have uses >> outside of it. > > Then would you please introduce how paludis-1 EAPI differs from official > EAPI's? Agreed with Ciarn here. Certain PMs, call them super-PMs if you will, wish to work with formats other than Gentoo formats, with an ultimate goal of working with distributions other than Gentoo. If it's not for use in the main tree, how does it affect Gentoo, and if it doesn't affect Gentoo, how is it on topic here? -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list