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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    [gentoo-dev]  Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in eclass:
From:       Duncan <1i5t5.duncan () cox ! net>
Date:       2008-11-27 0:53:47
Message-ID: pan.2008.11.27.00.53.47 () cox ! net
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Peter Alfredsen <loki_val@gentoo.org> posted
200811262038.42168.loki_val@gentoo.org, excerpted below, on  Wed, 26 Nov
2008 20:38:39 +0100:

> This isn't a catch-all eclass. It's designed for a very narrow group of
> ebuilds which will only get smaller as I transition the packages to
> eapi-2 and use depends.

In that case, it may be better to do the limited code duplication, given 
the relative permanence of eclasses.  They gotta stick around long after 
any ebuilds using them are gone, altho with newer portage (and I'd hope 
other PMs as well) that isn't /quite/ the problem it used to be.

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