[gentoo-user] what's PMS?

[gentoo-user] what's PMS?

[Chuanwen Wu]

In GMN20080218, there is a section:

EAPI=1 (Where is the specification?): The general agreement was that
any new EAPIs should not be added until EAPI=0 is fully approved.
However, there wasn't any consensus on changing anything about EAPI=1.
Mark Loeser agreed to work on PMS for EAPI=0, and will provide an
update at the next meeting.

I just don't know what PMS and EAPI means.
Anyone can explain?

Thanks in advanced!
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Re: [gentoo-user] what's PMS?

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Sonntag, 2. März 2008, Chuanwen Wu wrote:
> In GMN20080218, there is a section:
>
> EAPI=1 (Where is the specification?): The general agreement was that
> any new EAPIs should not be added until EAPI=0 is fully approved.
> However, there wasn't any consensus on changing anything about EAPI=1.
> Mark Loeser agreed to work on PMS for EAPI=0, and will provide an
> update at the next meeting.
>
> I just don't know what PMS and EAPI means.
in gentoo:
PMS = Package Manager Specification.

What a gentoo package manager has to be able to do, how it does certain steps 
etc pp. Portage is compatible by definition.

EAPI = afaik ebuild api. Current ebuilds are all eapi = 0. If there are 
incompatible changes to the ebuild structure in the future, this ebuilds will 
use eapi 1, 2, .... it is mostly a sign for the package manager telling it 
how to deal with the ebuild.


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