Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] glep-0083: New section "Support for EAPIs by package managers"

["Ulrich Müller" <ulm@gentoo.org>]

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>>>>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2025, konsolebox  wrote:

>> +Conversely, removing support for an EAPI from the package manager can
>> +be disruptive for users.  Unofficial overlays and private repositories
>> +often continue using older EAPIs long after their removal from the
>> +main tree.  Therefore, the timeline for dropping package-manager
>> +support is more generous than that for use of EAPIs in repositories.

> What's the point of these supposedly generous long-term support for
> old EAPIs when you're dropping support for them in eclasses like
> distutils-r1?  It's all silly and pointless.

> Yes I've heard there's no obligation for eclass maintainers to support
> old EAPIs.  Same point applies.  You might as well tell overlay owners
> to not use ::gentoo's eclasses so these supposedly "long-term" support
> become sensible.

I'd suggest treating EAPI support in eclasses as a separate discussion.

Let's not conflate it with EAPI support in package managers, which is
the scope of this GLEP change. (And arguably, support by package
managers is a prerequisite of _any_ long-term support.)

Ulrich

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