On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccre...@googlemail.com> wrote: > ...and it means we can't change name or version rules. >
And has such a case come to light recently where it was *essential* to do so? Why solve problems that don't exist? > ...and it means over doubling the best possible time to work out a > dependency tree in the common case where the metadata cache is valid. > This is a valid cause. Perhaps the only valid cause. > ...and it means we can't make arbitrary format changes. > What? Why are we over-engineering this? Does anyone seriously want to convert ebuilds to XML? I honestly think anything beyond incremental changes is not relevant for Gentoo > Developers already have to stop and think and consult the conveniently > available table of features for EAPIs. By splitting the EAPI concept in > two you're doubling the amount of data to be learnt. > That's a documentation problem. -- ~Nirbheek Chauhan
