On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:41:04 +0100 Luca Barbato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:17:12 +0100 > > Luca Barbato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Putting a tag in the file name or at the to of the file as comment > >> (maybe using a #! line) is the same ... > > > > Three problems: > > > > * We have to wait a year before we can use it. > > We have to wait till we got a new release and I hope it isn't > 12months.
No, you have to wait until it's safe to assume that everyone's using a package manager that supports it. > > * It's a format restriction. Some formats have to start with > > something that's not #!. > > if the format doesn't allow anymore the #! comment for then it won't > be an ebuild anymore but an xbuild a ybuild a jbuild or whatever > markup you may propose as alternative to shell like syntax. Mmhmm. And then... Oh, we'd use a new file extension. > > * Ebuilds can't sensibly run in a Unix interpreterish way. > > Would you mind articulate a bit? There's no sensible way for ./blah-1.23.ebuild to work. Ebuilds aren't self-hosting, and a package manager isn't an interpreter, so the #! model doesn't work very well. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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