On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 4:43 AM, Steve Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christian Faulhammer wrote: > >> Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> Both approaches are essentially equivalent but it's a little simpler >>> for ebuild writer if they don't have to customize the output file >>> name. >> >> One needs exceptions for all kind of systems, for example I had to >> workaround Trac which adds ?format=raw to a tarball URI. There seems >> to be a solution in Trac as the guys from fedarahosted fixed the two I >> needed (tmpwatch, mlocate). So the -> operator is quite useful and I >> agree with David that the functionality is doubled. >> > Clearly src-uri transformation is useful. Others have given examples of how > it would be useful to an eclass. Irrespective of how the actual transform > is done in the ;sf=tbz2 case, both _are_ valid use-cases. > > As such I don't see any reason not to put it in the EAPI. Future extensions > can be trialled in eutils, and these can both be allowed syntax for other > package managers to comply with (one implementation has already been given) > and ebuild devs to feel comfortable using in the Gentoo tree. Why slow the > innovation down? It's good enough for use as-is.
Because then we have to wait for all the PM's to implement this magical code; where if we put it in eutils we can use it right now (and most overlays can use it too). 'Why slow the innovation down?' :) -Alec > > > >
