On Saturday 09 June 2007 08:44:23 Kent Fredric wrote:
> %=sys-devel/automake-1.9
> %<=sys-devel/automake-1.9
> %>=sys-devel/automake-1.9
>
> Why that syntax ?
>
> Well , we have a dilemour, if we were to change the way package atoms
> were named, it  would break /craploads/ of the stuff already available
> expecting the 'old way'

That's what EAPI bumps are meant to solve.

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Bo Andresen