On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:49:32 +0800 Zhang Le <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When a new version comes out, we should educate developers about it > and encourage them to convert their ebuilds to use new EAPI.
No, we shouldn't. People should use new EAPIs as necessary, not as soon as possible. > If we allow multiple EAPI's to co-exist, do we need a upper limit on > that number? No. Package managers have to support all EAPIs that have ever been around anyway to deal with installed packages. > Or as many as someone likes? then our tree IMO will become a total > mess. People will not remember clearly differences between so many > EAPI's. They don't need to. They just need to be familiar with recent EAPIs. The only people who have to keep track of all of them are the package manager people. -- Ciaran McCreesh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
