From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mp8Sl-0000hz-RC for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:31:27 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 12234E0957; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:31:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.trelane.net (mail.trelane.net [66.93.203.104]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49FB8E0957 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:31:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.trelane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD72A1865A3; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:31:25 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at trelane.net Received: from mail.trelane.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (master.trelane.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1OS+YKjTlPYm; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:31:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.trelane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17C2F1865A4; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:31:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.10.108] (dsl093-203-201.ind1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.203.201]) by mail.trelane.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C21441865A3; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:31:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4AB55BBA.9070908@trelane.net> Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:31:22 -0400 From: Andrew D Kirch User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Package Manager Specification discussions X-BeenThere: gentoo-pms@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-pms@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ciaran McCreesh CC: Ulrich Mueller , Patrick Lauer , gentoo-pms@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-pms] tree-layout.tex small cleanup References: <200909192215.41235.patrick@gentoo.org> <20090919212541.269df025@snowcone> <200909192234.39415.patrick@gentoo.org> <20090919214515.6b314a3f@snowmobile> <19125.21814.705689.833261@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20090919231135.0539253b@snowmobile> In-Reply-To: <20090919231135.0539253b@snowmobile> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 8cf933a0-91c7-407f-9639-e2ace60ca541 X-Archives-Hash: 6fcf8d74b929226e2474c130dfc08303 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:03:34 +0200 > Ulrich Mueller wrote: > >>>>>>> On Sat, 19 Sep 2009, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: >>>>>>> >>> If that 900 line diff is 'drop kdebuild', I suggest you don't >>> bother. >>> >> Actually, I think that this would be a good idea. kdebuild was never >> used in the main tree >> > > But it was an official Gentoo project, and it was used in a repository > run by the Gentoo KDE team. Remember that EAPI support is needed to be > able to uninstall a package that was installed with a particular EAPI, > so EAPIs can't be removed even when they're no longer in use. I can't agree here. While no process exists to remove deprecated EAPI functionality, this sort of thing should be noted in the NEXT EAPI RELEASED and via that method eliminated. This is a specifications document, not a history lesson covering past mistakes. Andrew