On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Sun, 17 Apr 2016 10:37:35 -0400 > Ian Stakenvicius <a...@gentoo.org> wrote: > >> > On Apr 17, 2016, at 10:13 AM, Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> > >> > The xorg-2 eclass currently uses the deprecated autotools-utils and >> > autotools-multilib eclasses, which are banned in EAPI 6. >> > >> > This patchset attempts to remove any trace of autotools-utils from ebuilds >> > using xorg-2. >> > >> > Note that I am touching stable ebuilds here to avoid forking an "xorg-3" >> > eclass. If there is a strong feeling that this is too dangerous, I can >> > alter >> > my approach. I have build tested most packages using xorg-2, and only a few >> > had issues. >> > >> >> Although I commend you for these efforts, given that this deprecation is >> also linked to EAPI6, why not instead bump to XORG-3 requiring EAPI6, take >> advantage of all the simplifications, and this will allow/enforce migration >> of all the ebuilds as well in turn? >> >> It would be nice for instance to drop the epatch stuffs at the same time, if >> we could... > > +1. This is really a good point to look again at what exactly needs to > be in the eclass, and clean everything up.
Ok, I'll leave xorg-2 alone for the time being. Thanks for the feedback.
