* Re: [gentoo-project] EAPI bump should require revbump
@ 2012-10-25 12:39 99% ` Petteri Räty
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From: Petteri Räty @ 2012-10-25 12:39 UTC (permalink / raw
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On 20.10.2012 14.25, Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 6:14 AM, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> I don't see why EAPI bumps should be handled differently from other
>> changes to the ebuild. If the installed files don't change, why would
>> one impose upon the user to recompile the package?
>
> It would probably be best for this reason to wait until the package
> actually does change to do an EAPI bump.
>
> One thing that would concern me is testing - I don't like the idea of
> stable packages changing in any way, since that bypasses the testing
> cycle (both the formal cycle by the arch team, and the informal one by
> being keyworded for testing for 30 days).
>
I don't think changing EAPI for stable packages is allowed. That means
we are only talking about testing packages for this thread and I think
there it's fine to follow the established rule already mentioned. If
developers break things continuously without testing, take up the issue
with QA.
Regards,
Petteri
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