On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:52:07 +0200
Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:12:27 +0100
> Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > * Get a versionator replacement into the PM
> 
> Why are we trying to make PM a brick instead of keeping stuff modular?
> What does the eclass lack which could be provided by PM?

Because trying to parse version formats correctly in bash is a huge
pain, and versionator doesn't get it right (never mind that the rules
were different when versionator was written).

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Ciaran McCreesh