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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] changing EAPI on existing ebuilds. To bump or not?
From: Petteri Räty <betelgeuse () gentoo ! org>
Date: 2008-09-29 16:12:31
Message-ID: 48E0FE6F.1040108 () gentoo ! org
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Ciaran McCreesh kirjoitti:
> On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:39:41 +1300
> Alistair Bush <ali_bush@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> Anyway, would be nice to get some feedback, idea's on this and
>> hopefully also a more detailed explaination from a pm's perspective
>> (if there is one).
>
> For current EAPIs, there's nothing specifically wrong about changing
> EAPI from a package manager perspective. If future EAPIs change the
> metadata they install or the way the treat use flags, there might be
> issues, but it's safe to do 0 to 1 to 2.
>
Yeah I think the current issues we are seeing can be considerd a Portage
bug. I don't think I got any reports with EAPI 1 when switching it for
existing ebuilds so maybe there is something different in the code base
this time.
Regards,
Petteri
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