Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI and system packages

2009-09-20 Thread Andrew D Kirch
Alexey Shvetsov wrote: > On Воскресенье 20 сентября 2009 11:47:30 Rémi Cardona wrote: > >> Le 20/09/2009 02:31, Ryan Hill a écrit : >> >>> If not, when can >>> we drop support for old EAPIs? Your opinions please. >>> >> Let's drop it now. We've waited long enough. Portage with EAPI=

Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI and system packages

2009-09-20 Thread Patrick Lauer
On Sunday 20 September 2009 13:28:40 Richard Freeman wrote: > Ryan Hill wrote: > > So, should we always keep a working EAPI 0 version around? If not, when > > can we drop support for old EAPIs? Your opinions please. > > You might want to define what you mean by dropping support for old > EAPIs?

Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI and system packages

2009-09-20 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:28:40 -0400 Richard Freeman wrote: > I can see why package managers would benefit from fewer cases to > support, however... Doesn't make any difference to package managers. Support for old EAPIs has to remain around indefinitely to uninstall things anyway. Also, the cost's

Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI and system packages

2009-09-20 Thread Richard Freeman
Ryan Hill wrote: So, should we always keep a working EAPI 0 version around? If not, when can we drop support for old EAPIs? Your opinions please. You might want to define what you mean by dropping support for old EAPIs? Do you mean: 1. No longer ensuring that users who have pre-EAPI ver

Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI and system packages

2009-09-20 Thread Alexis Ballier
On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:37:46 +0300 Petteri Räty wrote: > Ryan Hill wrote: > > (Yes, this has EAPI in the title, so that means everyone will chime > > in) > > > > I'd like to clarify and (eventually) set in stone our ideas of best > > practices when it comes to bumping EAPI for system packages.

Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI and system packages

2009-09-20 Thread Petteri Räty
Ryan Hill wrote: > (Yes, this has EAPI in the title, so that means everyone will chime in) > > I'd like to clarify and (eventually) set in stone our ideas of best practices > when it comes to bumping EAPI for system packages. I was of the belief that > we had decided that system packages should r

Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI and system packages

2009-09-20 Thread Alexey Shvetsov
On Воскресенье 20 сентября 2009 11:47:30 Rémi Cardona wrote: > Le 20/09/2009 02:31, Ryan Hill a écrit : > > If not, when can > > we drop support for old EAPIs? Your opinions please. > > Let's drop it now. We've waited long enough. Portage with EAPI=2 has > been stable for more than a year. > > R

Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI and system packages

2009-09-20 Thread Rémi Cardona
Le 20/09/2009 02:31, Ryan Hill a écrit : If not, when can we drop support for old EAPIs? Your opinions please. Let's drop it now. We've waited long enough. Portage with EAPI=2 has been stable for more than a year. Rémi

[gentoo-dev] EAPI and system packages

2009-09-19 Thread Ryan Hill
(Yes, this has EAPI in the title, so that means everyone will chime in) I'd like to clarify and (eventually) set in stone our ideas of best practices when it comes to bumping EAPI for system packages. I was of the belief that we had decided that system packages should remain at EAPI 0 for backwar