On 03/12/2010 11:27 PM, Zac Medico wrote: > On 03/12/2010 11:39 AM, Petteri Räty wrote: >> In eclasses there's often use for outputting QA warnings for ebuild >> authors (at least in java and python could immediately make use of >> this). Currently Portage has eqawarn available but it's considered >> internal. Hopefully eqawarn finds it's way to the next EAPI but in the >> mean while do we want: >> >> 1) Do a wrapper like attached to eutils.eclass >> 2) Use whatever e* function that seems most appropriate (for example >> einfo when it's common so user LOGging setups don't get too much noise) >> 3) Have a speedy next EAPI if we can find more stuff like this to bundle > > Here's another option: > > 4) Retroactively add eqawarn to all EAPIs and use introspection to > call eqawarn only if available (and drop the introspection after > about 1 year): > > declare -F eqawarn >/dev/null && \ > eqawarn "this is ignored by older package managers" >
As there was no further response and next EAPI isn't around the corner I propose getting the ball rolling with option 1. I will commit the patch next Sunday with needed documentation unless something comes up. Regards, Petteri
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