* Re: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items -- Council meeting 09-10-2012
@ 2012-10-05 14:51 99% ` Jeff Horelick
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From: Jeff Horelick @ 2012-10-05 14:51 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-project
On 5 October 2012 06:31, Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 4:46 AM, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>
>> I don't see any advantage in deprecating intermediate EAPIs, before we
>> deprecate EAPI 0. What problem are you trying to solve?
>>
>
> ++
>
> I'm all for a policy that says to use slot deps whenever appropriate,
> or to otherwise do things that actually have a real impact on the
> quality/functionality of the distro. That might in practice mean
> using newer EAPIs on a lot of stuff. However, I don't see the value
> in bumping for its own sake.
>
> Legislate outcomes, not details.
>
> Rich
>
I don't think deprecating EAPIs for new ebuilds is a good/useful
thing. Sure the new EAPIs are nice and all, but if the package works
fine with an older EAPI and there's no need to use the features of a
newer one, why not leave it?
In some cases, EAPI bumps are detrimental to users on old systems that
have a older portage because they wind up being blocked by stuff like
new portage requiring new python which requires pkgconfig and all
pkgconfig ebuilds are EAPI=4 so you're stuck.
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