On 2007/12/19, Ciaran McCreesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:08:52 +0100
> Thomas de Grenier de Latour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > There's no need to introduce a potential infinity of new files
> > extensions for that.  A single one is enough: just call files which 
> > use the rule i've proposed "foo.gbuild" instead of "foo.ebuild", and
> > you're done.
> 
> You're done until someone wants to introduce a change large enough
> that it breaks the dodgy pattern matching package managers are doing
> to get the EAPI currently. 

You're done as long as ebuilds are written in bash. If there ever is
a new xml-based format, or whatever else, then yes, a third extension
will be needed. I don't see that as an argument for introducing an 
infinity of extensions right now though.

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TGL.
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