On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 21:18, Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:58:56 -0700 > ""Paweł Hajdan, Jr."" <phajdan...@gentoo.org> wrote: > >> On 8/2/11 12:35 AM, Michał Górny wrote: >> > On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 10:19:03 -0700 >> > ""Paweł Hajdan, Jr."" <phajdan...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> >> I'm interested in some sort of suggested/recommend deps for >> >> www-client/chromium, but I'm not sure if eclass is the right >> >> implementation. >> > I don't think we can start drafting until we agree on one solution. >> > AFAICS there are two major ideas: >> > 1) using special USEflags for that (which I can draft if you like), >> > 2) copying DEPENDENCIES syntax from exherbo. I guess there's nothing >> > special to draft here, only to decide on how much to copy. >> > >> > First gives you compat and handles all the cases, second one either >> > doesn't handle everything or forces a completely new syntax. >> >> I think I prefer the second option (copying from Exherbo). A better >> integration with the package manager than USE flags should result in a >> better user experience. > > Are you willing to update and EAPI-bump all the eclasses? May I remind > you that most of them don't even go beyond EAPI 0?
That should be a reason to aggressively push eclass EAPI updates, not hold back on new features :) > -- > Best regards, > Michał Górny > -- Alex Alexander | wired + Gentoo Linux Developer ++ www.linuxized.com
