-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/01/2014 10:06 AM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > > Dear all, > > in its last session the Gentoo council decided that 30 days from now the > entire profile tree will be updated to require EAPI=5 support. > > For all non-deprecated profiles this requirement has already been in place > for > over one year. If you have updated your system at any point during the last > year, followed the instructions in the profile deprecation warnings (which > cannot really easily be overlooked), and are running an up-to-date portage > version, there is absolutely nothing that you need to do now. > > If you are running an installation that has not been updated for more than a > year, you have to update your portage version to current stable now, and > afterwards switch to a non-deprecated profile.
I am 100% behind this idea and the council's decision, HOWEVER, I feel the most responsible way to transition would be to include a nice compressed "just before switch" portage snapshot. A news item could be drafted, that is shown to all users of portage versions which do not support eapi5 which directs them to the snapshot which they may need to use to successfully upgrade their systems. I see exactly zero downside to doing this, so if whoever is going to actually do the editing of the profiles would like to work with me (to give me warning), I think I can manage the rest. Thanks, Zero > > The deprecated 10.0 profiles will be removed after the update. > > Best, Andreas > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJS7TB0AAoJEKXdFCfdEflKKxYP/R3Jh7LVgMt5Z9eAN4tBFOmB 7HHBAZ6RjAdbKR581IbfrCqnDLIZPy+M75s4yQ9NeoplBQQB5raYXl7Gs81ExQnh jO6Ytz8tT+z+DQlbJDmhPgknssilSE5eOU0iNkDvS3uh3ce4ScaL/D1KhlN7bi39 7T0Fvyi2+mfiOHMaB8044lsTjUAO2r/Qldv2+eZhGvUT5F/dBAUaa+wyBJNLM/Zi lp3PIVNuKzY3xmCdVAKmHRDp5xTvbGc6yS5rCbgWcJSsEGf7t47wVMT6yAopXnTb ofAmVF2KuzhoovmeE3R2x7oQ+wHGRT+l55RicacGez/6gZfgx9qkqtKuZEn5vwvM l8ZDEipYvgOGIzTOuWIOGFH0/u19zvp9oyTADkIxqIB8Jl/QwwS8EJKeekCG07NZ DxY2u+0LYc1FNHlr9/VA+Rph44T1Tm/SvdIXE/CUVPwA24yUx0s8iUBDkMZypRuT BlFSULe6BuJmzU0/+NKCalQXvLatVvzIEqwxjTple7K99PHe61JTUZ2HpMTe5bJ9 PU7o9afetJVUudYUOPYozG8CpQPzYM/uJtzmtGATqDdDw3rSsLCV4sEwyUfzmLDc mb/6iBfWJ8S75Qq5u1k7ewpg+x3CIbycgx0KRooU6GF8VmjYVg7eScJIQ9P09/M+ xxmnT+aZAFkOoWksnwi9 =BvZ6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
