> glep55: See GLEP55. To summarize: The eapi is put into the file name so > that the package manager knows the EAPI (and thus how to handle this > file format). While it simplifies the eapi discovery this comes at a > high price as there is no reliable way to find and validate all ebuilds.
i must have missed the last point in the previous discussions. could someone perhaps point me to a post explaining the "high price" part? or just repeat it here.... thanks kind regards Thilo
