On Sat, 16 May 2009 22:39:46 +0530 Arun Raghavan <ford_pref...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Sat, 2009-05-16 at 17:59 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > > Don't care. Let's fix the problems we have *now* using solutions > > > that we can agree upon, rather than try to foist solutions that a > > > reasonably large population of developers *don't* like (even after > > > extended debate) to solve problems that don't exist yet. > > > > No, let's fix it so we don't have to do the whole thing again in > > another year or two. > > I see nothing about the current problem that merits the fooling around > with the ebuild extension. I've listened to and considered all the > arguments that have been made, and I still stand by my opinion that it > an unclean solution (meaning, we don't need to rehash those arguments > again here).
You have yet to provide an alternative for fixing the arbitrary and pointless version format restrictions that are currently in place. > I think it makes far more sense to work towards agreeing on a solution > rather than restating the same arguments every 6 months and reaching > the same impasse. We only have one viable solution. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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