[gentoo-dev] Re: Default src_install for EAPI-2 or following EAPI

[Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>]

Steve Long <slong@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk> posted
gbc5v2$50d$1@ger.gmane.org, excerpted below, on  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:34:33
+0100:

> "Why do we never have time to do it right, but always plenty of time to
> do it over."

> In this case, you're saying "oh anyone who wants something that copes
> with all filenames can do their own." IOW to do it right, we'll have to
> do it over, further down the line.

It seems to me, we're building a lib function.  As such, we can take the 
time to do it right, now, and won't have to worry about it again.  Asking 
someone to code their own solution if it's doing the same thing but with 
"complex" filenames is asking for trouble.  We already have designs for a 
good wheel and are now discussing asking people to design their own.  Why?

If we do it right in the default function, particularly since it can be 
called /as/ a default function in an expanded version if necessary, 
there's one less place to make brain-dead mistakes like that missing 
double-quote.

That said, as always, I'm quite aware I'm not the one actually 
implementing it, so I'm not going to throw stones regardless of how it's 
implemented.  I just know if I ever decide to take that step to Gentoo 
devhood, or even just for my own ebuilds, it's sure be nice to not even 
have to worry about whether there's spaces or weird chars in the name, 
period.

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